Saturday’s hike was the Skyuka trail on Lookout Mountain, to the springs and back. What a wonderful day to be outside. The weather was cool with light sprinkles in the morning and blue sky later. 7 hikers began the trail. 3 hikers returned to the trailhead, marked by a small sign in the weeds, in the afternoon. Is that a problem losing over half of the hikers? (The other 4 had previous obligations, therefore shortened their hike.) Few people were on the path. Fortunately, we met Mr. Spider, the striped orb, instead of walking into his web face first. Only 1 downed tree slowed our progress. Lunch was at the springs which was flowing with a small amount of water.
The return walk was uneventful. Easy hiking on the Lower Truck trail, until we took the connector trail up & up & up & then more up, back to the Skyuka trail. Great cardio workout!
The hike was 9.5 miles with an elevation gain of 1260 feet. Good job hikers, you earned a chocolate chunk cookie!
If you would like to see some pictures taken during this hike, click here.
I sued the airline for losing my luggage. I lost my case!
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