Nature Freak

So I have been becoming a little bit of a fanatic lately. I love to hike. It keeps me busy and it is fun to out and see the birds. This time I went out to Mt. Charleston on a Sunday when it was nice and populated so my mother and sister would feel safe. The hike was called Bristlecone Loop. It starts in the parking lot of Lee Canyon's ski slopes and ends in a lower lot in which to complete the circle you have to walk a mile up the road back to your car. it was a fairly beautiful hike. However I think that next time I will try to loop in the opposite direction. I went from the upper lot to the lower lot. The way I went started out amazing through forests and greenery.



the other half of the trail was a gravel road downhill the whole way.



I think I would have preferred to do the gravel stuff first and then get to the prettier stuff last. though since the pretty part was uphill I did tend to take a little bit more time whereas the downhill section i plowed right through. It was a 6 mile trail which was supposed to be 4 hours. I did it in 2. My legs hurt a lot. In fact so much that I put a hot water bottle on them last night. No pain no gain right? Anyway, the hike was awesome. I am glad that I did it.