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Old Rag Mountain hike
We aimed for a 0730-0745 departure, successfully left by 0745, and as we approached 66 around 08, we knew we'd be early--the folks meeting in DC were doing so at 08, then headed to Sperryville by 0945. (Indeed, we arrived first at the Emporium, around 0920.)
After the crowd had gathered--only one of whom had been on the Fall '03 hike, plus the organizer, Bob McKinless, whom I'd met before. Off to the mountain we went, and over the mountain we hiked--in much nicer weather than the grey/chilly of the Fall, around a troop of Boy Scouts, and encountering a dog who turned out to be lost--one of the girls called the owner, who had no idea her dog was halfway up a mountain. (Unfortunately, the call was placed from the top of the mountain--perfect reception! Fortunately, the dog showed up again near the bottom of the mountain!)
The weather was great, if a bit warm; my hiking socks and backpack worked well; I took many pictures; the hike down the back-side of the mountain (saddle trail and fire road) are kind of boring and harder than one would expect hiking downhill to be; I should've brought more water, and apparently Christina shouldn't have had the particular juice drink she chose earlier--didn't agree with her. :P
The drive back was uneventful, though we're both beat. Ordinarily, I'd take a nap, but Nathan's improv troupe's premiere performance is tonight, so we'll be going to that at 9 instead.
And several minutes ago, we heard a "hello" from the floor--Lucy had climbed off of her cage and up the stairs to join us! :)
After the crowd had gathered--only one of whom had been on the Fall '03 hike, plus the organizer, Bob McKinless, whom I'd met before. Off to the mountain we went, and over the mountain we hiked--in much nicer weather than the grey/chilly of the Fall, around a troop of Boy Scouts, and encountering a dog who turned out to be lost--one of the girls called the owner, who had no idea her dog was halfway up a mountain. (Unfortunately, the call was placed from the top of the mountain--perfect reception! Fortunately, the dog showed up again near the bottom of the mountain!)
The weather was great, if a bit warm; my hiking socks and backpack worked well; I took many pictures; the hike down the back-side of the mountain (saddle trail and fire road) are kind of boring and harder than one would expect hiking downhill to be; I should've brought more water, and apparently Christina shouldn't have had the particular juice drink she chose earlier--didn't agree with her. :P
The drive back was uneventful, though we're both beat. Ordinarily, I'd take a nap, but Nathan's improv troupe's premiere performance is tonight, so we'll be going to that at 9 instead.
And several minutes ago, we heard a "hello" from the floor--Lucy had climbed off of her cage and up the stairs to join us! :)
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Awww. That makes me all squishy.
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That's so cute. :D Are her wings clipped, or did she climb the stairs? Because if she did, that's pretty impressive--I can imagine how she'd be able to do it, but it would take a lot of work. Wow.
It's good that she talks when she does that, so you know she's there. I had to convince my mom to start leaving our bird's wings unclipped a few years ago, because he kept climbing down and walking out to wherever we were. He never mae any noise when he did it, and he's pretty small, so I kept worrying that someone would step on him. Now he just flies out to us (especially when we're using the computer, because he seems to think that we can't manage it without his help).
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(She seems to think I need help computing, too: http://skreidle.phpwebhosting.com/gallery/Pets?page=3 :)
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