10 of us cheery souls met today & drove to the Birch st. access for our
Galbraith mountain hike. This area is predominantly known for being a Mountain biking area, but today we claimed it as a hiking paradise.
It was a bit chilly today and we were well bundled up in our layers.
not far up the trail we passed a tree that someone had decorated festively for Christmas.
The trails have wonderful names, some of the ones we passed were:
Family Fun Center
There to Here
? (yes that's all that was on the sign board)
Candy
I loved how these tree roots embraced this rock.
we also saw some interesting frost that looked like fur, Owen blew on it to prove that it would indeed melt.
There were a few viewpoints, but the hike was mostly in a fern filled forest.
we ate lunch at about the 4 mile point and I checked my phone's AccuWeather app and it said it was 30 degrees & the real feel was 23. We all agreed. Brrrrrr.
Lots of fun visiting and laughing today. Marijke topped it off by having us do a group hug,
where we wished each other a Merry Christmas.
Endomondo stats:
7.2 total miles hiked
448 Min. altitude
1366 Max. altitude
878 Total ascent
890 Total descent
