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Hiking Hot: June 2013
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Hitting the trail in high summer. Thursday, June 20, 2013. Disco Fireflies on Clear Creek Trail. I haven't posted here much, but I've been hiking quite a bit. I've gotten in the habit of hiking a particular three-mile loop along Clear Creek in the evenings several times a week. It takes me a bit under an hour and a half ordinarily, and it's a good workout and a lovely trail. Tonight I brought my camera with me. It's a modest little camera but it has video capability, and I hoped that it would pick up...
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Hiking Hot: Bird Mountain, Frozen Head State Park
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Hitting the trail in high summer. Sunday, March 17, 2013. Bird Mountain, Frozen Head State Park. The weather turned so warm and sunny yesterday, and the rain held off, that I decided to go hiking. At first I'd intended to hike River Bluff. It's for birders, but it's got better directions to the park than other sites. If you do visit, though, keep in mind that Flat Fork Road is NOT marked. Above: a nice trail seat, polished smooth from hundreds of tired bottoms. While I rested, I took out my phone to chec...
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Hiking Hot: New boots!
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Hitting the trail in high summer. Sunday, March 24, 2013. The Danner Talus hiking boots I bought last year just aren't working for me. They keep giving me blisters. So I finally decided it was time to replace them. I bought a pair of Merrell Moab Ventilator shoes and tried them out on the trail this weekend. We had cool and rainy weather this weekend. Saturday I hiked the River Bluff trail above the dam, which I posted about last spring. The boots did great for me on Saturday. I wore wool hiking sock...
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Hiking Hot: March 2013
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Hitting the trail in high summer. Sunday, March 24, 2013. The Danner Talus hiking boots I bought last year just aren't working for me. They keep giving me blisters. So I finally decided it was time to replace them. I bought a pair of Merrell Moab Ventilator shoes and tried them out on the trail this weekend. We had cool and rainy weather this weekend. Saturday I hiked the River Bluff trail above the dam, which I posted about last spring. The boots did great for me on Saturday. I wore wool hiking sock...
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Hiking Hot: December 2012
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Hitting the trail in high summer. Thursday, December 6, 2012. Observation Point, November/December. Speaking of which, here are a few pix from the various trips I've taken in the last several weeks. Above is the trail where it splits. Both trails go up to Observation Point. The right one is a bit less steep and slightly longer. I'm lazy and usually go up the right branch and come back by the other branch. There's a gazebo at the top of the hill, behind the bench. They're repairing it, obviously. I like t...
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Hiking Hot: River Bluff Trail
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Hitting the trail in high summer. Saturday, April 14, 2012. So after my last post, I went out to Walmart and just bought a daypack. It was the only pack they carried that was made for women and really it's bigger than I wanted, but it was only twenty bucks and it isn't pink. (It's blue.). Then I thought, why not? I went to the right when the trail forked, knowing that that would take me up a steep climb to the top of the ridge, and knowing also that once I was at the top I would have a lovely stroll and ...
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Hiking Hot: July 2012
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Hitting the trail in high summer. Sunday, July 8, 2012. I bought a T-shirt the other day that I found in the sports section of the store. It was advertised as a wicking material that would keep me dry and cool when I'm being active. So I thought maybe the material would at least not show great big sweat stains like a cotton shirt. But when I got home and stripped it off, there were sweat stains everywhere the shirt had touched my skin. I checked the tag to see what this miracle material was, so I...100% ...
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Hiking Hot: June 2012
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Hitting the trail in high summer. Thursday, June 28, 2012. Last night was the last under-100-degrees day we're going to have for a while, so after work I went out to Clear Creek for a quick hike. I needed to check out part of the Clear Creek Trail for my book (and as it turned out, it was a good thing I did check, because I had the layout of the area all messed up in my head). Next I need to hike Dyer Hollow Trail, which is not far from the gristmill. I would have hiked it last night, but it was gett...
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Hiking Hot: April 2012
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Hitting the trail in high summer. Friday, April 27, 2012. A few weeks ago I mentioned that I was planning to dig up some wildflowers from under the electrical pylons in the watershed. Every few years the utility company mows and poisons the plants in that area, so it's not like I'd be taking plants other people could enjoy. And I will never do that again. It's far too nerve-wracking. Thursday, April 19, 2012. Turned out to be completely useless. Where the owners have chunked a giant flag in the middle of...
