Originally we had planned on going up to Wyoming, but the week of our trip I found out that my proposed hiking route was still covered in a significant amount of snow. Obviously a new plan was needed, and Nat found a good trail in the Lost Creek Wilderness.
We left early Saturday morning, stopping in Lakewood to meet up with Nat and Kevin, and then heading on to the trailhead southwest of Denver. The road to the trailhead and the first mile of our hike went through some areas that were destroyed by the wildfires a few years ago. It's amazing to see all the burnt trees and imagine what that are used to be like.
I'm feeling a little lazy for much description, so here are some pictures:
As usual, Kuzca was all packed up and ready to go. This time she had a cool orange bell so that I could tell where she was when she wandered around the campsite.
Nat and Kevin:
Here I am taking a break and looking like a dufus:
Kuzca was disappointed that we took her tent away:
Kuzca and Christine walking
A little R&R; in the river
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Christine and I had to head back to the car on Sunday (instead of Monday) because Christine's back was really giving her some problems and the next day of hiking included more climbing. Since we had already scheduled to take off work on Monday, we ran a bunch of errands and went for massaged. :)
Beautiful. It's so cool to live in a place where every photograph comes out great...of the scenery at least. I can't vouch for your hat ;)
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