Worked out at the house for a couple hours before heading to an early showing of the new Terminator movie. WOW, very good. Definitely one to see. Got back home, stuffed some food down me for some energy and took off for a hike up the mountain behind the house. I was feeling pretty good so I decided to try my luck at reaching the peak today. The previous three climbs I stopped short afraid I would get too tired towards the top and pay for it the next day. But today was different, so up I went going for the top. The "top" wasn't quite the top I thought it was. Again I was fooled by the mountains different stages that keep you from seeing past each one. So as you climb and look up, the top you see is just a step in the mountain. To see the actual top you need to drive a couple miles away from the base to see the actual top, but from that far you can't tell that there are multiple 'stages' or 'steps' on the mountain. It's kinda tricky to explain really. So anyways, I did manage to go further today than before, a total of 2,400ft in a little over an hour which is far quicker than previous trips up. It's actually the climb down that gets to my legs more so, or shall I say knees. The accent is tiring for sure, but not hard on the knees like the decent. Anyways, here's a pic of me at the stopping point for today.
On the way down I had my first encounter with a snake. I almost stepped on the darn thing before it moved, scared the living crap out of me since I've been warned about rattle snakes here. It was actually fairly violent when I tried scooting him off the trail as you can see in this pic.
So I eventually made my way back home, made some dinner (taco salad, so yummy), then started loading videos on YouTube under my user name: iambquinn. Mostly family stuff, but check it out if you want.Tomorrow I hit the bike trails again. Going to start pushing it harder each ride to get into the shape I need to be in. We'll see how that goes.
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