Photo Friday: Three Hikes, Three States, Three Days
Recently as part of our post-retirement adventures, we drove from California to Colorado, taking time along the way to do some hiking and camping. The result was that we did three hikes in three states in three days (I could claim a fourth back in California, but that was 3 days before we left). Just for fun, here are a few snapshots. 1. Wednesday. Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park, Nevada. This was a roughly 8-mile RT, with close to 3000’ of climbing (and descending). This was not a smart move with my foot only half recovered from a very bad episode of plantar fasciitis, but I did it anyway. I never said I was smart :) Not long after we started, we could look up to see the summit, a ridiculously long way above us. It’s hard to see but there was also a light coating of fresh snow or hail from a storm the evening before. After a long time, the summit looked closer. By the time we got up there, most of the snow was gone. We found a bit of it hidden here and there. It was breezy on