2 Hikes 1 Day - Snow, Nght Hiking , Meteor Showers - Hansen Creek/RattleSnake Ridge

in #hiking7 years ago (edited)

All this hiking is training for my 2,258 mile hike across 14 states this coming April...

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My Jeep helps me get into those hard to reach places.

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I love my Jeep, so much fun.

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This old train track looks like a wild roller coaster ride from the ground.

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Me tromping through some snow to check the amazing view.

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Even as an adult icicles still never cease to amaze me.

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Can you see my Jeep? ...hint (center)

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Later in the day...due to the expected meteor shower I decided to do some night hiking. So, I headed up Rattle Snake Ridge. (you can see photos of it during the day in a previous post of mine.)

P.S. Hiking in actual snow clothes is rough, lol.

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Little back story here... there is this giant boulder at the head of the trail. Once while heading up on a hike here someone had propped a log between it and the ground to make it look like it was holding up the boulder. It was no longer there last night so I hunted down a new log in the dark to replace it. It made me laugh, hopefully someone else will get a kick out of it.

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Below you can't make out much aside from the lights from town...still looked cool though.

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The wind was insane, sooo most of my photos turned out like this. lol

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After all the coldness I encountered I HAD to have a hot chocolate night cap. Mmm

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Thanks for checking out my post, any love is greatly appreciated if you liked it...comment or up-vote.

-XOXO

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I like the boulder prop. Very funny.

This is really amazing what your doing!