So, now we're somewhere past the bottom of that last hill, when we come across
a trail marker that points straight up...
Download this photo
of us wondering where, exactly, we're supposed to hike from
here (8k jpg called wrong3.jpg).
Here we are, about half a mile into the hike. We're still fresh, and it hasn't started to rain. Just out of this photo is a sign that warns not to take the "short" way, directly down the hill - use the switch backs, instead. So, we did. Go ahead and download this vista of us at the beginning of the hike. (8k jpg called b4hike.jpg).
So, now we're somewhere past the bottom of that last hill, when we come across
a trail marker that points straight up...
Download this photo
of us wondering where, exactly, we're supposed to hike from
here (8k jpg called wrong3.jpg).
After a while, we came to a deserted ranch-like place. There was a barn
and some picnic tables (up-wind of the barn), so we sat and ate lunch.
As we ate, we looked at the scenery, the birds (what kind had
that orange striped beak, Suzanne?), and the body of a dead cow further up
on the trail. Just as we were cleaning up our picnic, a guy in a pick-up
truck arrived and attached a rope to the dead cow...
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of a truck towing a dead cow (7k jpg called
cowtow.jpg).
Towards the end of our hike, we came across another trail marker that pointed in the opposite direction to the one we were hiking in...
We finished our hike just as the rain began to fall. We had a great time. The end.