Byers Peak

This morning we got rolling early and out to the trail. So, I found someone who drives slower than anyone I know! Gary. It took him 1.5 hours to drive 10 miles this morning! To be fair, the road was pretty messed up, but still! Once we FINALLY got to the parking area, we got the bikes out and headed up. This biking was straight up the mountain for 2 miles. It was so hard! It could have been the elevation (10000 ft), or the fact that I was carrying a 20 pound backpack, but either way I walked a lot of it. Didn't give me confidence for the rest of the day!

Once we got to the biking "parking lot", we started our hike. It was supposed to be 2.5 miles to the top. It was hard climbing up. The elevation and the steepness made it a hard hike. But we kept going, even though I wanted to stop. Gary was really good at encouraging me to keep going! We went until the trail ran out and Gary's phone said we were at the top. No sign to let you know that it was the top. Kind of sad 😢 But the trail ended. The last quarter mile was really hard. I felt like I was rock climbing with no tether! 🧗 I was really scared. But we ate lunch up there looking over the snow and the valley. Then it was time to make our way down. After the first half mile coming down, the trail seemed to get easier. All the stuff that seemed hard a couple of hours ago was super easy! And when we got back to our bikes, well, it only took us 10 minutes to get down to the trailhead! 🚵

From there we drove back and cleaned up. Then walked through "town", shopping for souvenirs.

We had dinner at Big Trout. The beer was fantastic and the head brewer was from Michigan! We had pizza for dinner. Then over to Waffle Cabin for dessert. Gary got a waffle with cinnamon sugar on top (like an elephant ear) and cinnamon ice cream on top! I just got caramel brownie in a regular waffle cone. It was all so good! But now I'm tired and ready for bed 😴Read more