Monday and Seventy Eight

On Monday I opened the gate and we were hiking in 78 degree San Diego.

Thank You Utah

On Sunday morning Kobae walked outside, felt how cold it was and started to turn around and sleep off the rest of the day. A disc golfer was walking by and I ask him to take one side and I took the other and we put Kobae in the back seat. I got my pack, boots, a couple canteens and we headed off to San Diego.

On the drive I passed Utah fire trucks on their way to help California with the fires. Last time they did that it resulted in this.

https://fox13now.com/2018/08/14/utah-firefighter-killed-while-fighting-mendocino-complex-fire-in-california/

Despite that, here they go again. While in the convenience store where I got gas there were lots of people getting out of cars with California license plates and walking over to the firefighters and thanking them.

Saturday Evening

Friday Hiking

I checked Thursday night and it said the high on Friday would be 48. No way we're going hiking but when I opened the door and Kobae walked out on the porch, he hesitated for about 30 seconds and then headed up the hill. It couldn't have been more than 40 degrees at departure. Since Michelle had showed up the previous evening with a fresh groomed Jax and looking good, Jax, Kobae, and I headed out.

Kobae heard the construction noise at the hogan so headed over to see if he could help. Since this project has been going on for 18 months I don't know if he can help but I doubt he could slow it down. I ask them how much longer and they thought this month and then they'd start on the Sun House. I said what's that. They said they didn't know Doug hadn't given them the plans yet.

I think back to when I ask Doug if he's sell me the last 70 acres and he said he wouldn't because he wanted to make sure that nobody ever built on it?

We're Going to Jackson and We Ain't Never Lookin Back

The high was going to be 50 but at about 45 Kobae headed down the driveway and was ready to go. I don't know if he knows, he must, that his 2018 days here are numbered and he's going to get in every hike he can. I've never had him go hiking in under 55 degree weather but here we are ten degrees short of that and he's moving at a pretty good clip. Usually at about 50 he's almost frozen and can barely move.

When we got a couple miles from the lodge a cloud cover set in blotting out the sun and the temperature dropped into the low 40s. Normally Kobae would be frozen and barely able to move but today he turned around and head back to the lodge slowing down a little but not much. I'm seeing a transformation going on here.

Plateau Passage

On Wednesday a guy pulls up on a bicycle, says his name is Chris, and he's riding the Plateau Passage trail. He says it's on the Mountain Bike Project site. Starts in Durango and goes, well he's not sure yet, but he's riding it. He stayed the night, fed critters on the porch, and when morning came though the temps were only in the 40s Kobae took off down the driveway so Chris went with him while I got my boots and pack together. I caught them on the way to Jackson Hole, thanked him and he headed back to the lodge to get his bike and finish his journey.

I found this

https://shapetheride.com/plateau-passage-part-1/

Oh Kobae, You've Done it Again