We spent the morning riding our bikes thru the Usery Mountain Regional Park. This place has a lot of hiking and biking trails as well as trails for horses. We decided that this afternoon would be a good time to go for a hike and test John's new boots.
When we arrived at the trail head for Wind Cave Trail, there were about 8 emergency vehicles lined up in the parking lot and several sheriffs and EMTs standing around. One told us that some lady had broken a leg. Sure enough, as we started the climb, a troop of emergency responders were coming down with a lady in a special gurney made for mountain rescue.
The Wind Cave Trail is about 1.6 miles long one way up the side of Pass Mountain and then it traverses along near the peak to an indentation in the mountain wall that is called Wind Cave. It is considered moderately difficult with lots of switch backs and ascends the mountain about 800 feet. It took us about two hours to make the climb. John decided that his boots did not fit properly and since the store where we bought them has a 100% guarantee return policy, that is what we will do -- exchange them for some that fit better.
Our friends in the Born Free invited us over to their site for appetizers, beer and a warm campfire this evening. We had a good time!
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