There's too much snow up Carr Canyon Road to lead people up to the reef safely. I had explored the Garden Canyon connector trail both last week with Sadie and yesterday after work by myself and deemed this scenic enough. Nine people signed up including new gal Melissa. HollyO, Marlena, EricS, Robert, Jeff, Jay also showed up. Zeke was my hiking dog, since he does well on leash and in large group.
We met at the Garden Canyon Park trail head off Cherokee Avenue. At 4:30pm we took off, with one person who had signed up, Karl being a no-show. Still, this was a good turn out for a new hike. We were quickly on the trail that followed a southwesterly direction. There were plenty of mountain bikers still on the trail.
Moon rise was at 5:50pm, so I had our pace timed just right. After a short water break before reaching the old ranch house, we made it to the overlook with ten minutes to spare. This was my planned rest break. But to our disappointment, the mooon quickly hid behind clouds after poking over the mountains' silhouette. Then it didn't pop back out again for ten minutes, after which we had to get off the rocky hill and resume our return hike. This was the darkest full moon yet!
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