Back on the Trail!
It was a long winter and there were many days when I'd drive past our hiking route and wish we were on it. We did visit once with the kids after a heavy snowfall. With snowboots on, we took a short walk but couldn't get very far. The littles ones had fun post-holing through the deep snow, but we turned around before everyone tired out. It was lovely to see the trail that time of year.
Spring is here finally so Dan and I decided to head back to the trail and start covering more ground. Yesterday was the first day in a long time where we both had the day off from work and nothing else planned. The temperature was good- 60 degrees- but we weren't sure about the rain. It rained all night before and again in the morning. By afternoon, it cleared enough that we felt we could probably get in a few miles. We got out the map to figure out which parts of the trail we still need to do. We knew we wanted to stick close to home this time and start back slowly, so we chose a short section nearby (just under 7 miles) and headed out. I was so excited to start hiking again, I was practically bouncing! What a great feeling to be back on the trail.
Spring is here finally so Dan and I decided to head back to the trail and start covering more ground. Yesterday was the first day in a long time where we both had the day off from work and nothing else planned. The temperature was good- 60 degrees- but we weren't sure about the rain. It rained all night before and again in the morning. By afternoon, it cleared enough that we felt we could probably get in a few miles. We got out the map to figure out which parts of the trail we still need to do. We knew we wanted to stick close to home this time and start back slowly, so we chose a short section nearby (just under 7 miles) and headed out. I was so excited to start hiking again, I was practically bouncing! What a great feeling to be back on the trail.
It was so nice to see everything blooming and coming back to life. I wish these pictures were scratch and sniff so you could know how good it smelled along the trail. Like fresh rain and green leaves. Ahhh....
Every hike is an adventure. We never know what we're going to see along the way. 
A U.S. Coast Guard ship just passing by.
Rain clouds and sudden winds had us doing double time about halfway through. We know that if it starts raining, it's not as if we can just hop off the trail and drive home. Our car is still about 3 to 4 miles away. But we made it before any drops fell. Another good hike- hopefully I'll have more updates soon. Happy Spring!
