Castle Rock State Park
This morning, I headed up to Castle Rock State Park with Ozreiousn. She’d never been up there before, but I have. So, off we headed, once I laced up my boots.
It was a little cloudy at the Saratoga Gap and, in fact, it drizzled on us a little near the end of our hike. We hiked into the Campground, 2.8 miles in (further than I’ve been on any of my previous visits). After jumping around at Castle Rock and climbing all over everything, I noticed that I’d forgotten Clif Bars about the time we reached the campground. Turning around, we climbed hard along the trail to try to put some distance with a strangely mooing couple. After a mile or so, we let them pass us and wander away. When the hike was finished, we’d hiked about 6½ miles over some astonishingly beautiful ridges and through mossy, ferny forests. Castle Rock is such a beautiful place in the fall, when the leaves are changing.
Afterwards, we swooped by REI to upgrade my GPS and replenished our expended calories at La Fiesta in Mountain View, a superb Mexican restaurant. I’ve been watching my diet lately, but I’d budgeted in a big after-hike meal. I burned over 1600 calories on the trails and I’m 19 pounds lighter than I was two months ago. Oh, La Fiesta, how I love your cheese enchiladas.
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