August 17, 2011
August 17, 2011
Well if we were looking for cool weather we found it. It got pretty cold last night in our uninsulated home. I wish I had turned the furnace on before we went to sleep. But I shouldn’t be too surprised since we are at nearly 9000-foot altitude.
We are planning a lazy day today. We are just going to do a medium hike and then hang out in the campground. At least that was the plan. We didn’t account for the bus ride to and from, the walk to the trailhead or the minor “getting lost” detour. When we get back close to 5PM, we are both exhausted. We are also not used to the altitude!
On the positive side, it was a gorgeous mountain hike that started on the Pacific Crest Trail and ended at the alpine Shadow Lake. Along the way we passed numerous small Sequoia trees. They are either young or more likely stunted since we are on the dry side of the Sierras. The only downside of the hike (and our campsite) is the very fine gray dust everywhere. I have been to enough western locations to know it is probably Tuff or volcanic ash. It is just another reminder that every mountain here on the West coast is a dormant volcano waiting to erupt.
Well if we were looking for cool weather we found it. It got pretty cold last night in our uninsulated home. I wish I had turned the furnace on before we went to sleep. But I shouldn’t be too surprised since we are at nearly 9000-foot altitude.
We are planning a lazy day today. We are just going to do a medium hike and then hang out in the campground. At least that was the plan. We didn’t account for the bus ride to and from, the walk to the trailhead or the minor “getting lost” detour. When we get back close to 5PM, we are both exhausted. We are also not used to the altitude!
On the positive side, it was a gorgeous mountain hike that started on the Pacific Crest Trail and ended at the alpine Shadow Lake. Along the way we passed numerous small Sequoia trees. They are either young or more likely stunted since we are on the dry side of the Sierras. The only downside of the hike (and our campsite) is the very fine gray dust everywhere. I have been to enough western locations to know it is probably Tuff or volcanic ash. It is just another reminder that every mountain here on the West coast is a dormant volcano waiting to erupt.
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