Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Our latest adventure...

was to hike the Wellsville Mountains...we made it...barely, here's the proof!
Some how we (and by we I mean I) talked Bobby and his girlfriend Lxcee into going with us. (So sorry guys!)Here's me and Lex before we knew what we were getting ourselves into. (should have gotten an after pic, crap!)
I thought that the views were absolutely amazing. Especially the one over looking Sardine Canyon, I have never seen it from this angle before.
After 10 long hours of hiking, we finally made it off the mountain. That was the longest, hardest hike I have ever been on. The hike was around 12 miles (straight up the mountain, then straight down). And this is what 10 hours of hiking does to your feet...
We were all completely filthy when we got done. I do recommend for anyone that is planning on this hike (to not go!) to take plenty of water. All four of us had camel packs with 3 liters of water each and all of us ran out. And not to take your dog, poor Monty was completely exhausted. So much that Daniel and Bobby had to carry him for a while. He slept for 2 days after the hike. Now he's back to normal! Oh, and wear pants. Rattlesnake trail is not kept up on very well, so it was very overgrown and I have scratches all over my legs now. This was also the first hike I have been on that I actually fell down on. I fell twice, the first time plopped right down onto my butt (poor Lex was behind me and got a dust cloud in her face) and the second time I fell, I took my eyes off the trail for just a moment and stepped off of the trail and fell onto my left knee and scraped it all up. Ugh. Well at least we can now say we have hiked the Wellsvilles (all the way) and I know I will NEVER have to do that again!!!

1 comment:

waden said...

LOL!!! ha ha ha! I love the dirty feet!!! You kids need to quite playing in the mud! ;)