Viewpoint today |
Now that we are well into the new year, our three Senior Trailblazers are making some big changes. First of all, we will have two separate groups made up from the Happy Wanderers group, which has grown too big. Last week we started the experiment, but because the weather wasn't wonderful, one group that headed to Anacortes was small (two). The other group, which had a nice five-mile hike from the parking lot across the street from Barkley Village to Whatcom Falls Park and back. You can read about it here.
Today we had one hike that I know very well, the first half of the Chanterelle trail. I have probably done this more than a dozen times in recent years, but this was the first time with such a large group. There were seventeen of us who made the trek up a thousand feet of elevation to this familiar spot.
Joe took the photo |
I didn't take many pictures, but the amazing clouds caused me to want to show them off. Our leader today, Bill, posed in front of them for me, as you can see here.
Bill, clouds, and tree |
It was cold when we started out, but it didn't stay that way, as we worked our way up the mountainside to the overlook. We had a nice snack, since it wasn't actually lunchtime yet. We headed back down to our cars and were back to the Senior Center by noon! And we had a good workout, too. The pace was faster than I'm used to, but I managed all right, and other than not taking any pictures (which would have slowed me down), I hustled to keep up.
By the way, the other group went to Blaine and the Peace Arch Park and had fourteen hikers. They went about the same distance, but they didn't have any elevation to climb. I'm not sure who took the picture, but here's the other group, just for fun.
The Blaine Happy Wanderers |
It didn't matter which group you went with today, since everyone was happy to have the great (if chilly) weather and the wonderful company. I look forward to more like this, please! And I'm glad to be home and well worked out, too. I should sleep well tonight once again.
:-)