To the TOP!

Yesterday evening, thanks to Taylor, I was finally able to accomplish a goal that I've had for a long time. I climbed to the very top of a mountain! Yes, I know, it is rather pitiful that I've never done this before. I love hiking, but for some reason I have never made it to the top. I always do hikes that end with beautiful views but they aren't at the top! 

We hiked up to the top of the Y and then took the trail to the top of the actual mountain. 

This was a lookout on our way up after we passed the Y. Isn't the view beautiful?! 

We are both so attractive in this picture. Hiking does that to you, ya know? :)

We got up to the top and I totally forgot to take a picture! So I still don't have pictures at the top of the mountain. But the lookout was stunning. And I'm definitely going to do it again. We ate dinner at the top and just talked and then hiked back down in the dark. I wanted to stay up there forever. It was amazingly peaceful.

On the way down Taylor reviewed with me what I'm supposed to do if we saw a bear. Yeah, that kinda made me nervous. Thankfully his instructions weren't needed. We did, however, see tons of huge spiders. Their eyes would shine in the light of our flashlights. I thought it was kind of gross that they had eyes big enough to reflect light. But they were some big spiders.

I loved the hike! I wasn't nearly as in shape as I thought I was. It was hard. Next time I'll be in better shape. Annnnd remember to wear long pants. We crashed through a lot of stinging nettle, and although I didn't feel it at all last night, my legs are burning/itchy this morning. I didn't think it could take that long to react. Especially since I took a shower and scrubbed my legs really well last night. But it's the only thing I could think of that would be making my legs hurt. Is that possible?

And I like hiking.