Squish, Squish, Squish.
I forgot how much fun mud could be until we started up Mount Falcon in Morrison, Co.
Dawn and I decided that we needed to get the first hike of the year out of the way so she looked up some places nearby that didn't look too bad ---on paper. After looking at the list I decided that "steep" was not to be the descriptor word for the day. I chose paths that had great words like scenic in their description. Total mileage was to be about 2 miles on the chosen route. (Castle Trail and Turkey Trot Trail)
It seems that "steep" should have been the description of all the trails in the area. We were going up the side of a mountain no matter which route we took. But back to the mud... the day was beautiful, the sun was melting the snow and there was a bunch of red squishy mud on the trail. At first, the adult in me felt that I should "avoid getting dirty at all cost." But the kid in me quickly took over and I was doing everything but jumping up and down in it. The only problem with it was that it was slippery and slippery and steep do not mix well.
We spotted some deer on a ridge as we were hiking through the mud. The deer were just hanging out til a dog that was running loose headed their way. After the deer hightailed it out of there, we saw a red fox cruising along under the brush further up the mountain on the opposite side.
Cheyenne spent a lot of time sniffing on the way up but as we were headed down it was like she was in a race to the finish line. As we were heading off the trail we passed a couple who were just getting started and the girl did not seem to happy about all the mud. I am sure she eventually found the kid in her too. We were tired by the time we finished but I was glad we had done it. I found out that there is this nifty contraption at the end of the trail to get some of the mud off your shoes with. It looks like three brushes in a frame. Two brushes for the sides of your shoe and one for the bottom. This is the first time I had ever seen this and now it seems I see them everywhere.
For lunch we headed back into town to try out a new restaurant. We went to Cornerstar and ate at Dad and Dude's Brewaria. I thought it was going to be a cheesy pizza place but it turned out to be pretty cool. I have to say if you try anything else besides pizza, definitely get the cheesy Jalapeno bread. It was not what I was expecting it was way better! We started with that then we got a pizza (all meat of course). Dawn tried a micro-brew. They even have beer from Dry Dock here! For dessert we had the most scrumptious s'mores type pizza with chocolate and marshmallows and peanut butter chips. It was truly heavenly and definitely negated all of our hard hiking work but was well worth it.
(Pictures to come)
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