Looks like rain
The weather forecast called for a 0% chance of rain today, they were wrong. We woke up to a thunderstorm this morning.
After the rain stopped, we decided to hike Hermit's Rest trail. We had rode the Harley last week on this same road, it was amazing how much the foliage had changed in a weeks time. The higher up in elevation we traveled, the more beautiful the foliage became.
Kim on the trail
Hermit's Rest is a six mile round trip hike with an 1800 foot elevation change. The trail started right in the middle of the colorful fall foliage and ended at the beautiful Gunnison River. The path wasn't too bad except for the steep inclines. It rained on us a couple of times, but it was just a light shower. It took us 4 hours round trip to make this hike.
As we were walking down the trail, we saw a big, black, fast, critter running up behind us. Luckily it was a black lab. He kept coming down the path to check on us, (probably because of the huffing and puffing we were doing.) and then going back up the trail. Then all the sudden it was the black lab, and 2 yellow labs. The three young women with the dogs caught up with us and passed us by. Dang, Youth! When we arrived at the end of the trail, the young women were throwing sticks in the water for the dogs to retrieve. We wish we had as much energy as one of those dogs.
Yesterday when we were at the Pine Creek Trail, we talked to a guy who was going kayaking for the labor day weekend. He had carried his kayak and gear down the 232 steps to the river. He was at Hermit's Rest today when we got there. He had, taken shelter in his tent while it was raining. He recognized our voices, imagine that. He showed us the rainbow trout he caught earlier today that he is eating for dinner tonight. He said he caught a nice lake trout for dinner last night, he is living off the land.
I had one of the best bologna sandwiches I have ever ate at the picnic area. Lauren had his boring ham sandwich.
We made it back to camp about the time we got a good, soaking, thunderstorm. We sure are glad this didn't happen on the hiking trail. The rain cooled us off so we turned on the heater. We can't remember ever running a heater before labor day.
We grilled chicken, while sitting by the campfire tonight. Fernykat found a water puddle, she drank water, then started slinging the water off her paws. Some things never change.
We will rest up tonight and tomorrow so we can recover these tired achy, old, muscles!
Rainbow
Pictures: https://goo.gl/photos/ymrU6EXHa88NDsMD9
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