jayfurr | Camel's Hump Redux

It was a lot cooler on Saturday and Carole, for some reason, just couldn't get her brain fired up. Still groggy around noon, she suddenly proposed we do vigorous physical activity instead of staying home to work on chores around the house (like sorting mail and filing bank statements and stuff). An hour later, we were all packed up and heading to a trail head to have another go at hiking Camel's Hump.

As you'll recall, we tried hiking to the top two weeks ago on a blisteringly hot, humid day and between the heat and the mild stomach bug I seemed to be suffering, we had to turn back before we got to the top. Saturday, we had no such issues.

Admittedly, the trail we took on Saturday was a much more user-friendly trail, shorter and less steep, but I have to say, twenty-five degrees' difference in the heat was probably the main factor in our having a much better day of it.

Our hike was 5.4 miles round-trip with 2500 feet of elevation change from the trail head to the summit. I felt fine immediately afterwards and still felt absolutely fine, no aches at all, the next day.

You can see our photos here:

http://www.furrs.org/images/camelshump2008/default.htm