Sunny 46

Prior to the hike up Lower Wolfjaw, Quinn, Sunny, and I took another trip to Moreau. It had been a year since Quinn hiked the Western Ridge trail to the overlook, so I thought it was high time we had another go at it. He was two when he did it the first time, and managed very well. When he was three, he complained much of the time up. I wanted to see how he'd get on now that he is four. We were all in high spirits and full of energy. Sunny was clearly annoyed at our pace, but my personal goal was to not rush Quinn. I wanted him to explore, splash in the mud, and throw rocks in the streams at his heart's content. As you can see, Baby Sully had to come with us. Throwing rocks and getting a drink. The water was really moving today. There was a lot of mud and Quinn loved it. He likes to pretend he's stuck and he needs my help (or not) to get out. I'm slowly trying to teach Quinn how to find the trail. We played a game of "spot the next trail marker". I'm looki...

It is finally actually Spring for reals and some of the mountains are safe to explore. With my daily exercise and shakedown hikes, I was feeling good about tackling a High Peak. Just a single peak day hike to start seemed like the right call and Lower Wolfjaw was an obvious choice. I am certain I'll be, once again, hiking through JBL via Phelps several times throughout this challenge, so I wanted to do something a little different. Getting up Lower Wolfjaw via Rooster Comb is about the same mileage if you also summit Rooster Comb itself and that seemed like a fun adventure.  I was lucky to have Mark join me on this hike, mainly for the companionship but also because I literally left all my food at the trailhead. I did not eat him; he brought lots of extra food.  Sunny was excited to have Daisy along. Prior to today she had 33 High Peaks to her name and she's a really good role model for Sunny. The trail started out fairly dry and easily navigable. It did not remain dry, but th...