[ Goooood Morning Ethan! ]   I have known Emoney for the better part of 2 years. We play hockey together, party, mountain bike, backpack, camp, hike, etc. Not once I have ever told him "Good Morning Ethan". Today I have, as he woke up before 12pm. I just had to blog this :) 

[ Hiking Coe ] CMG & I hiked in Henry W. Coe State Park this past Saturday. My second time there and CMG's first. We hiked a 11 mile loop to China Hole, in 4.5 hours over an elevation climb of 2300 feet. It was an awesome hike out to the river but coming out was not. We were rushing due to make a 6pm Engagement party and opted for the fire road versus the trail. The difference is that usually a fire road take you, in the quickest path from point A to B. Whereas a trail would switchback back up the mountain and even around the sides. A fire road is faster and harder. We took that fire road and found ourselves going up hill for about 3.5 miles. CMG was not wearing good hiking shoes and kept slipping on the steepness of the hill. We also ran out of water. Yes, this is the second time I have done this in a years time. CJB & I ran out in Highland Parks over toward the Nevada state line. Anyway, we made it back and in relative good spirits :) Along the way we had some beautiful views of the eastern park peaks and ridges. We saw some wild Turkey, about 20 feet away and some large wild pigs. The pigs thankfully were about 120 yards away. We did come across some Mountain Lion scat. This is the exciting part as it's my first find. CMG actually spotted and proclaimed, "THAT is from a Mountain Lion!" That's my girl! Sure enough it was. Absent minded, I did not measure it nor did I take good pictures. Either way we had a blast !!!