What a fun way to end the school week. I began the day with a pre-sunrise brisk walk with the pups, then at 4:30 met with six other Sierra Vista hikers at the Carr Canon road bridge to hike up to the Clark Springs trail spur ridge 1.7 miles up the road. We were a group of seven people: HollyW, BonnieM, RobL, SteveT, CarolM and TheresaD. Trace and Zeke were the two dogs.
I figured it would take us 45 minutes to hike the 1.7 miles, allowing for the slower hikers to not be rushed. Moon rise was scheduled for 5:24pm (sunset was at 5:33pm) We only had one short break at the mile mark as we waited for Steve, and he wasn't that far behind anyway. RobL opted then to fall back and give Steve some company. He and I had been chatting walking uphill. He came down from Alaska to tend to his ailing mother with Alzheimers. When Rob pulled back to be with Steve, Theresa, Holly, Carol and I were up front for the rest of the hike.
We had plenty of daylight on the hike to the spur ridge, sitting on rocks for about ten minutes waiting for the moon to come up from behind a hazy horizon. It revealed itself in those ten minutes, with little drama. The moon didn't come to its peak until we were back on the Clark Springs trail heading back to the main road. I didn't want to lead the group on this trail when it got past nautical dusk, as there are some slick and rutted sections just before one gets back on Carr canyon Road that can cause even the best-trained hiker to slip and fall.
I timed it well. It was officially dark when we were back on the main road. People turned on flash lights but I kept mine off since the others' lights were bright enough for me and I wanted to conserve battery power on my phone as I was near 0%. There were a few cars coming and going down the road, but all of them drove slowly past us.
We made it back to our cars in 1:53 hours. Steve, Theresa, Holly and I then went to the Horned Toad for a few beers as we chatted by a fireplace. Holly's husband joined us briefly. We all left by 8pm when the music got loud and it was no longer enjoyable to chat.
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