Oh this was a tough week.
I had swapped out last weekend’s hike from Saturday to Sunday. By Wednesday morning, my quads were tight and hurting. The idea of a strength session that morning was not appealing. Then when an early morning meeting got scheduled, it was a relief to move my rest day up from Thursday to Wednesday.
I guess the whole “Listen to your body” is good advice. I was able to go into Thursday’s strength session well rested and ready to work.
Saturday was hike day!
I took Emma and Junior with me this time to Sam’s Gap and we hiked the 5 miles out and back to Hog Back Ridge Shelter.
It is a beautiful warm day but there was still snow up on the trail.
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Some parts of the trail was slippery but it wasn’t unmanageable with hiking poles.
We even took the little detour to High Rock to see the view!
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The Hog Back Ridge Shelter is such a quiet and beautiful spot. I would want to come back and camp.
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I carried my rugged sippy bottle and it worked out pretty well overall. I liked having it right on my shoulder strap so I could check how much water I had.
A few adjustments definitely needed –
- I have a straw stopper coming in the mail I hope will fit over the tubing as it does leak if I tip over.
- I have to decide if I want this on the shoulder strap or on the side of my pack so I can have the tubing sizing correct – it was hard to get it in and out.
Junior did not wear his Darn Toughs so we had to change his socks out with my spares I keep in my bag. Always keep spare socks!
We topped the day off with our favorite pizza and ice cream at Hot Springs.
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