Ellen arranged this a few days ago. I had planned on bagging Carr while on winter break, and when she asked me if I wanted to do it today, I jumped on the chance to have good company. We agreed to meet at 8am.
The alarm got me up at 4:45am. I got up to open the back patio door and saw rain coming down! Oh my, what a surprise. Precipitation was measured at 24% for later. An hour the rain stopped enough and we didn't let any more rain stop us. This rain is coming from the heavy storm blasting southern California right now. We may get more overnight.
I took Zana on today's hike. She was excited to get out.
I arrived at the Lower Carr Canyon road parking area first. Another woman had pulled up to hike the Perimeter trail. She said after cooking the food and cleaning the house and waiting for her four kids to arrive later today, she needed a break for a hike. Her husband doesn't help her with the preparations. She looked a good 15 years younger than me and admitted that she is an avid hiker. We wished each other a good hike and merry christmas. So many women go through that holiday stress because of lack of help from the family. I'm glad I don't have to deal with that.
Ellen arrived ten minutes later and we dove up to the Old Sawmill trailhead. Skies were looking damp to the south and west. We started at 8:45am to 46F. A golden pickup was also in the same parking area, and with fresh dog poop nearby, we knew other people were ahead of us with a dog. Zana added her own poop to the pile.
I'm glad I hiked today. It's not too often that I can hike Carr Peak this late in the year with no snow. There was some water in the Sawmill Sprin.gs tub and smaller rock depressions with water for Zana to drink out of.
There were no colors today, as expected. But the browns and greens and greys were more pronounced today from the rain.
We made it to the top in two hours. Zana got her can of dogfood and I had some water, and we both agreed we needed to start the descent fast as we saw the rain come in from the west. It began to drizzle right after our selfie but it stayed a gentle drizzle all the way back to our cars.
The hike took us 3:33 hours. We had a lunch at Culver's at 1:15pm and afterwards I stopped at Frys to replenish my chicken. It wasn't until I was back home at 3pm that my thighs felt sore.
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