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| Hiking | 12.10 Miles |
1,393 AEG |
| | Hiking | 12.10 Miles | 5 Hrs 22 Mns | | 2.25 mph |
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| partners | | I was bummed to find that Dave was not going to make it today  , and that for my last hike with Jim (near term) that he'd come up with a better offer  (most likely because he got to sleep in).
The first part of this hike was on an exposed forest road followed by a long straight slog for the most part along a power line lined with fist sized rocks.
Once you turned off the power line the hike actually got pretty nice. The trees got taller and provided more shade and you got some changes in elevation.
We stopped at Oak Spring to check it out, and I got to see the Butterfly Whisperer in his full glory! The butterflies would not sit still for us to get a picture, so Denny, aka Tortoise Hiker, aka Butterfly Whisperer, stuck his arms out and said "Watch this". The butterfly landed right on his hand and stayed there for the better part of five minutes, until Joe Joe got "a bit frisky" with the butterfly trying to imitate the butterfly's tongue action. The scared butterfly flew away only to be coaxed back to the safety of Denny's arm by The Butterfly Whisper! Incredible.
New items learned on this hike if you are writing a HAZ book:
Joe was good looking as a child, with very blonde hair and vibrant blue piercing eyes (Information Provided by Joe)
The normally reserved Denny enjoys being Joe's backup singer.
The normally reserved Denny has the ability to break out the uncontrollable belly laugh.
As always the hike was a hoot with these two goof balls. I come along to lend some sanity on these jaunts.
(No Butterfly's were harmed during the photography portions of this hike) |
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There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
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