Long, long ago, I mentioned that I wanted to hike all 798 miles required to earn the State Forest Trails Award.
Last weekend, I went out into the frosty mountains with Klinutus and my evil sister. It was about 16 degrees up in the snowy mountains.
I got to try out my Subaru’s AWD in the snow for the first time. It worked very nicely.
There was a lot of rocks. I hate rocks. Especially when they’re under the snow and you can’t see them.
Because I am a very clever boy, I had a thermos full of coffee in my backpack. So, I was fully caffeinated for the hike.
There are a lot of nice views on this section of the trail. Here is Klinutus contemplating endless infinities or whatever.
At any rate, it was very nice, except that I twisted my ankle or something out there, and have been out of commission for the past week.
Klinutus brought along his camera tripod, so we could pose for our end-of-the-hike group photo.
Another four miles down, only 768 left to go!
Lovely matching hiking attire.
At four miles per hike, only 192 hikes to go.
Yeah, we noticed that we all seemed to be “in uniform.” Didn’t plan it that way.
Pretty Cool goal! I pounded out the Black Forest Trail a few years ago over two hellish days. It was a very fast 42 miles. I’d suggest taking that one a little easier.
I think I’d want at least 4-5 days for that one. Assuming it’s even still hikable with all the gas drilling nonsense going on up there.