Club Events 2005 : 2005-08-07 : COC - Grassi Lakes - Beginner Hike

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Even though the "guests of honor" didn't show for this hike, we still had a perfectly lovely day. I'm not sure what happened with Noosha and her friend, but I know I will kick their little Iranian butts next time I talk to them....

Due to the extended line-up at the "facilities", we decided to split immediately into a "leaving now" group, and a "waiting for the potty" group, with Doug taking out the first group and me staying back with the second. Doug's group opted for the "Easy" trail up, and since we didn't know which way they'd gone, we opted for the "Hard" trail (also known as the pretty, scenic trail). A couple of adventurers in Doug's group were not aware of this, though, and stopped to wait for us to catch up. After waiting 15 minutes, they got worried and hiked back down looking for us. An (one of the adventurers) phoned me (ain't technology grand?), and I told her we were on the "hard" trail and we'd meet them at the lake. Since they'd gone back almost all the way to the intersection at that point, they decided to come up via the "Hard" trail (because I told them it was much nicer). So, they essentially did the hike TWICE. Needless to say, we had been waiting for them for a while by the time they finally made it up to the lakes. *har*

Meanwhile, back on the farm, Gen played with Bailey in the lake, Ricky howled his every emotion, and Darla trotted along obediently beside Laura (including doing the hike twice). Several hikers went up above the second lake to check out the pictograms above, while others lounged around and enjoyed the scenery.

A "must do" hike, for beginners, or for anyone. It's just too beautiful to miss.

-- Rhonda


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