How Many Different Trails can a Hoofer Hike in one Day? Answer 8 : 10K South, Challenge, Survey, Switchback, Buried Cable, South Crest, Pearl's Trail, and Rocky Point Trail. (And some of them we did twice!) 10/24/2014

A small group of Hoofers for a Pre-Halloween hike.  Jane, our leader Betty, Barb, Ginny

And a selfie of our Photographer, Rose with Hoofers in the background

The leaves on the Aspen were totally gone (South 10K Trail)

A tree split in two by lightning

The ultimate tree hugger

A Memorial to someone's Father

 

Perfect for a Halloween hike--a hip bone

Strategically placed it looks like a Halloween Mask

Beautiful views on a beautiful Fall day

Challenge Trail

I tried to capture the hundreds of grasshoppers that were jumping along with us as we hiked the trail

Shadows and light

Switch Back Trail

The new trail markers that were installed everywhere

Some of the buried cable on the Buried Cable Trail

Reaching the top of the Sandia Mountains

Views from the Crest

South Crest Trail

Golden Cottonwoods in the Bosque along the Rio Grande

The Trail Marker for Pearl's Trail

We were getting ready to maintained the trail and pick up any trash

We found a few plastic bottles and a Styrofoam cup and a few wrappers, but for the most part it was pretty clean

Grasses showing off their Fall colors

 

Fossils along the Crest Trail

View East from the High Finance Restaurant

Another cable on the Rocky Point Trail

Rocky Point Trail

An abandoned Wasp nest

Back on the Challenge Trail

Another beautiful hike for the Happy Hoofers