Just a walk in the Park 9-17-00

Up and away at an early, but still reasonable hour.
It's about 3 hours driving from northern SLC into Wyoming, and back down into Utah. The roads just don't go from 'here' to 'there' the way they do here in Texas. Of course down here, 'there' is much further away!
Anyhow, we loaded up and headed out on the trail, leaving our names and numbers at the start, 'just in case'. We were also asked to keep a look out for Scooby, a missing dog. (no happy ending).

The trail started out in 60 degree temps, but fell consistantly into the 30's by the time we stopped some 4 hours, 7 miles and 2000' vertical feet later. It was nice to settle into a rythmn of hiking, and Herb/Mike are very experienced, so dragging me along was a piece of cake. They even stopped once an hour to let me catch my breath. I did notice Herb taking Motrin now and again. Says it lubricates the tendons and such. I liked it 'cause it stopped my headache and muscle aches.

We hiked up along the Henry's Fork River to Dollar Lake, where we pitched camp - just in time for precipitation! Not rain, check the temps, snow/sleet! How neat was that! A little later it did change over to a brief rain shower, but nothing got wet and we enjoyed the experience of snow in August!