November hike (just a little late)

Although today is in the 30s for a high, most of the late fall and early winter has been abnormally warm. In November, we took advantage of the weather and went for a short hike to an overlook, not far from our home.

It was a beautiful day, with gorgeous views. Gabe, who loves the outdoors, was perfectly content in his backpack carrier, his Brooklyn hat and his sunglasses.

Mommy and Daddy planned to have a picnic lunch at the overlook, but we had a visitor from the animal kingdom that rearranged those plans.

Yes, we had been clip-clopping over his bridge.

I had read about an ornery mountain goat on a trail a few miles away, but this was the first we'd encountered a goat on this trail, which we've done several times. This one wasn't unfriendly, but with the baby, we were concerned about its unpredictability, so we started hiking back to the car.

The goat eventually followed at a distance, bleating as he went. Thankfully he followed another couple back to the overlook after we passed them. That gave us an opportunity to eat our picnic along the trail, but the stinky, smelly goat returned as we were finishing.

Again he followed, and again, another group came along that won his interest. I guess next time we'll tip-toe, not clip-clop, over his bridge.

Posted by JRC at January 10, 2007 04:32 PM | TrackBack