My New Years Resolution-keep up this blog!

I wanted very much to take our annual New Years Day hike up Cold Canyon, but the weather was gray and showery, so we deferred. As it turned out, that was a good decision, since John, Anthea, Lang, and Cammie came to our house on Jan 2. They arrived about 1:45 p.m. Frances was in Davis so we had some coordination issues, but we all managed to rendezvous at the trailhead at 2:30pm.

The weather was unexpectedly warm. Because we started so late, by the time we reached the top of the ridge, we had it to ourselves. We reached the top about 4 pm and stopped to admire the scenery and have a water and snack break. The second half of the hike was longer than I remembered. We continued along the ridge for quite some distance with more up and down, before the trail finally turned downward for good. By the time we reached the turnoff for the dam overlook it was quite dim, so we continued hustling down the trail. The others were far ahead of Ted and myself. The kids go at zoom speed hiking downhill, and the parents wanted to keep up with them. But only Frances was able to keep up with the boys. We finally reached the end of the trail at about 5:20 and it was pretty dark by this time. Great hike but my knees are still sore!