Skyline Trail

We were sitting around Friday and wondering what to do with ourselves when the thought came to do a night hike. So we did. We headed to the Strawberry Mountain Wilderness and hiked the Skyline Trail and various other trails to make a 15 mile loop. It was 5ish when we started.

We lost the trail a few times... there was still snow on the ground. That's when maps come in handy.

Dinner! Honeymoon cheesy ramen. The wind was howling.

Here's one of the places we lost the trail. We didn't want to cross the massive snowfield up top so we went lower and slipped and slid across the smaller snowfields and scree. When I say slip and slide I mean it too. I slid down one of the snowfields for a while before I could stop myself. My bum got wet.

We saw a mountain goat during one of our bewildered periods. Rory saw it in all its majesty. I saw its rear end. It was an impressive rear end. After wandering around a cliffed mountain side for a while after seeing the goat we did find the trail again. Yay! Rory also scared two ghost dogs away by hissing like a snake. After lots and lots of stumbles and laughter we made it back to the car around 2 am. And then drove home... longest drive of my liiiiife and I wasn't even driving! Now we're feeling sort of zombie-ish but happy and fulfilled. It's nap time.