Catching some early rays
Saturday morning we headed up to Monument to catch some good trails at the USFS Monument Work Center. After the mercury tickling the low 70's on Friday (as in a work day...), we knew somewhat early that we were not going to hit the initial forecast of 60's for the day. So we tried to get up there while the sun was out to log some miles on fantastic trails. Took a bunch of pics, so we'll let them do most of the talking:
Monument Rock foreground, Mount Herman behind
Monument Rock from across the pond
Trail through one of the Memorial Groves
Sweet, rocky trails...
...and a couple smooth ones, too!!!
Looking down from a ridge
Posing before Kathleen called it a day
Thirsty???
Trail 715 - getting ready to drop in
Nice view of the memorial area
Sorry - pool is closed today... Notice a change in the weather????
Monument Rock - nice pine nestled in there at the base
Had to take this on the way out just for Jennifer... :-)
If you couldn't tell from the pics, it was a good day! Got a little cold toward the end when the clouds rolled in and the wind kicked up, but we'll take it. I ended up with a total of 17 miles and some tired feet, while Kathleen cut it a bit short and took a Starbucks run while I was out finishing up!!! Will post later about Sunday's outing - hope you enjoyed the photo tour!!!
Shoes - K Columbia Ravenous
S Montrail Mountain Masochist
