The active part of the weekend
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blue_lotus13I seem to have caught some sort of nap related bug that makes me fall asleep at 3 or 4 p.m. I then sleep for an hour and wake up feeling rather groggy. This has happened to me for three out of four days this week.
Still, I've managed to be fairly active around these parts. Friday, I took my new bike offroading and managed to ride through some fields. My new shocks are absolutely amazing, and made my ride very enjoyable.
Yesterday I ended up doing many errands and spent a lot of time at the farmer's market, visiting with friends in the community.
Today I woke up at the wee hours of the morning to go on my very first hike with the GP hiking group. We met at 8 a.m. and drove out to the Eaton falls near Grand Cache. It was incredibly nice since we were a small party of six humans (3 men, 3 women) and one very well behaved golden retriever. The age of participants ranged from 60s to 20s, which was also nice. We hiked up to the falls, which involved a lot of climbing, and managed to eat lunch by Eaton Falls. Following this, we climbed up to Sulphur Gates, which marks an area where two rivers join. In late summer, you can see the exact spot where the rivers join since one of them is white and the other is bright blue (due to something in the water, sulphur composition, I think). Unfortunately, since there was a lot of spring runoff, the water was an unimpresive monotone brown.
Since no one was in a rush, we then hiked into some bush and went to see the Twin Falls, which were rather unimpressive. One of the members of our group suggested that it would be nice to return there later in the season for some summer waterfall frolicking.
The whole excursion took 7 hours and only cost $10 for gas money. I should also add that my outdoor wardrobe was impeccably coordinated; I was dressed only in blue and brown- blue shirt, fleece and windbreaker, chocolate brown pants, brown sunglasses and brown and blue hiking shoes. It is important to maintain one's sense of fashion in the bush ;)
Still, I've managed to be fairly active around these parts. Friday, I took my new bike offroading and managed to ride through some fields. My new shocks are absolutely amazing, and made my ride very enjoyable.
Yesterday I ended up doing many errands and spent a lot of time at the farmer's market, visiting with friends in the community.
Today I woke up at the wee hours of the morning to go on my very first hike with the GP hiking group. We met at 8 a.m. and drove out to the Eaton falls near Grand Cache. It was incredibly nice since we were a small party of six humans (3 men, 3 women) and one very well behaved golden retriever. The age of participants ranged from 60s to 20s, which was also nice. We hiked up to the falls, which involved a lot of climbing, and managed to eat lunch by Eaton Falls. Following this, we climbed up to Sulphur Gates, which marks an area where two rivers join. In late summer, you can see the exact spot where the rivers join since one of them is white and the other is bright blue (due to something in the water, sulphur composition, I think). Unfortunately, since there was a lot of spring runoff, the water was an unimpresive monotone brown.
Since no one was in a rush, we then hiked into some bush and went to see the Twin Falls, which were rather unimpressive. One of the members of our group suggested that it would be nice to return there later in the season for some summer waterfall frolicking.
The whole excursion took 7 hours and only cost $10 for gas money. I should also add that my outdoor wardrobe was impeccably coordinated; I was dressed only in blue and brown- blue shirt, fleece and windbreaker, chocolate brown pants, brown sunglasses and brown and blue hiking shoes. It is important to maintain one's sense of fashion in the bush ;)
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Date: 2008-05-21 06:06 pm (UTC)