We finally got a few nice days of weather around here, and I amazingly didn't have to work today, so Aaron and I took off on a hike. We wanted to try a new place that a friend was telling us about - Mailbox Peak: and yes, there is a mailbox at the top........
This was hands down the hardest hike I have EVER done in my life!!! It was an unrelenting 2.5 miles straight up the mountain side and took us two hours to get up - yes, you heard me right - two hours to go 2.5 miles!!!! Ouch.
It is a very densely wooded trail as well, so if you are not really paying attention to what you are doing you can get lost very easily. As a matter of fact, there is a huge sign at the trail head telling you to watch for the trail markers, as there have been 9 search and rescue teams out thus far this year. They have white diamonds on the trees all throughout so you know where you are going. It's kind of funny, because as you get further and further up the trail, people start writing messages on them....
Once you get to the top though, it is a very beautiful view, and we had a great lunch sitting in the sunshine. We did have to take our shirts off for a while and lay them in the sun to dry out though. We were so sweaty our entire shirts were saturated. Gross!!
2 comments:
I notice the flag on the mailbox is up. Did you take their mail down to the post office for them? (ha, ha)
That really is pretty.
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