New Hike Golden Eagle Trail 8/14/2020

Thanks to Rita, the Hoofers who felt up to hiking had a nice little hike that is new to most of us.  Jean P. found the hike and Rita wanted to do it again.  Thanks to Tamara for the photos of the hike and Jean P. for the pictures of the wildflowers and the identifications making my job easier.

The Hoofers with masks: Linda, Rita, Mary B., Jean P., Jan, Hilda, Pat, and Karen B.

Slipping in third on the right is Tamara who did not want to do a Selfie group picture.

Deer Tracks but they saw no deer  :(

An interesting rock on a fallen tree... to me it looks like a two-legged sheep laying down on a log for a nap

Switchbacking down the trail to the water reserved for fire fighting and making snow for the ski trails

The sign says Cibola Ridge....never heard of that.  (BTW, the pictures came out in a mixed up order don't know why.  They updated the Blog posting, and as usual it wasn't broke so they shouldn't have changed it...but now that they did, it is harder to rearrange things.... hopefully the more I use it I will be able to figure out how to fix things like that.)

Same rock as before

Wondering if there is a trail here or if you had to bushwhack?

Fossils

Spike Verbenna

Apparently these rocks have an interesting history that Rita and Mary and Hilda were discussing in great detail (too much sun?)

There is pond too bad there is a high fence around it, would make a great swimming hole!

Looking down at the base of the ski runs

Most likely more of those historical significant rocks

A fallen tree that was not there when Rita did the hike on Sunday

I am assuming that this was during lunch, but no one seems to be eating!

Social Distancing does not make for Happy Hoofers

Nice shot of ski lifts and what probably is the trails of the bikes who like to race down this hill...mountain, crazy young'uns

Wallflower

Amber waves of grain

Turkey feather....did anyone take this home?  They look nice on your hiking hat!

This is the map of the hike that Tamara's phone made.  As you can see they didn't stay on the trail all the time but took some shortcuts. (Is that legal?)  Curious to know how long the hike would have been if they didn't do that...I have to get this App for my phone!!!

The following pictures are from Jean showing all the wildflowers they passed along the way.

Yellow Sweet Clover

Yarrow and Broom Grass

Wallflower

Velvet Umbrellawort

Spreading Fleabane

Spike Verbenna

Snowberry (the fruit)

Showy Golden Eye

Scarlet Gilia

Purple Geranium

Notchleaf Groundsel

Wooly Mullein

Lamb's Quarter

Hairy Golden Asters

Golden Draba

Curly Doc with seeds and Alfalfa

Bindweed

Alfalfa

Goldenrod

Scarlet Penstemon