Fall was quickly turning to winter as the mountains from our front porch were st
arting to get snow covered. We knew we only had a few more weekends of good hiking left. We went back out to the Woods Lake Trailhead, which was quickly becoming one of our favorite places to go. We thought briefly at attempting
to climb Little Cone. It looked like a gradual slope to the top, but thought better of it and instead chose to hike the Wilson Mesa Trail. We parked a ways above the trailhead since there was no parking there and walked back. The trail was in good shape and almost immediately we saw a very scared coyote. We were happy to see it, but you could tell he was sketchy of humans. We learned that in this area people just shoot coyotes for the fun of it, so it was not surprising. The trail climbed steeply at first, but then began to level out. It was a perfect trail for Jacqueline now a month pregnant. It climbed slow
ly through the trees which were just on the edge of being too late to see much color. There was actually more color on the coniferous trees looking like Christmas trees decorated with Aspen leaf ornaments. The views of the jagged peaks around Mt. Wilson were excellent today. It made me excited for the next summer when we could go climb those peaks possibly. The trail hit an old road and we followed that until it became the Elk Creek Trail. We took this one uphill. If we would have had a map, we would have realized that this trail met up with the Navajo Lake trail and we could have made a loop. Not feeling too ambitious with a pregnant lady, we decided to call it a day after betw
een 4 and 5 miles. We had to come back the same way and putting in more than ten miles might be a little too much for the zygote growing in Jacqueline's belly. A quick picture and then back down the same way. We took our opportunity to soak in the mountain views as we knew we may not get another opportunity to g
et into the mountains for a while. We finished nicely and I was proud of Jacqueline for still getting out even growing a little baby.
arting to get snow covered. We knew we only had a few more weekends of good hiking left. We went back out to the Woods Lake Trailhead, which was quickly becoming one of our favorite places to go. We thought briefly at attempting
to climb Little Cone. It looked like a gradual slope to the top, but thought better of it and instead chose to hike the Wilson Mesa Trail. We parked a ways above the trailhead since there was no parking there and walked back. The trail was in good shape and almost immediately we saw a very scared coyote. We were happy to see it, but you could tell he was sketchy of humans. We learned that in this area people just shoot coyotes for the fun of it, so it was not surprising. The trail climbed steeply at first, but then began to level out. It was a perfect trail for Jacqueline now a month pregnant. It climbed slow
ly through the trees which were just on the edge of being too late to see much color. There was actually more color on the coniferous trees looking like Christmas trees decorated with Aspen leaf ornaments. The views of the jagged peaks around Mt. Wilson were excellent today. It made me excited for the next summer when we could go climb those peaks possibly. The trail hit an old road and we followed that until it became the Elk Creek Trail. We took this one uphill. If we would have had a map, we would have realized that this trail met up with the Navajo Lake trail and we could have made a loop. Not feeling too ambitious with a pregnant lady, we decided to call it a day after betw
een 4 and 5 miles. We had to come back the same way and putting in more than ten miles might be a little too much for the zygote growing in Jacqueline's belly. A quick picture and then back down the same way. We took our opportunity to soak in the mountain views as we knew we may not get another opportunity to g
et into the mountains for a while. We finished nicely and I was proud of Jacqueline for still getting out even growing a little baby.
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