What does one do after sitting in a late morning meeting? Why, decide to climb a mountain, of course. We started out rather late in the day after a bumpy ride to the trail head, but nevertheless, we hit the trail a little after 4pm. While hubby said it would be an eight-mile excursion, when we hit the two-mile point and weren't halfway there yet, I had a feeling he might have been off in his estimates. After clicking pics of the bounty of flowers (and capturing a local Grabiod sighting - Kevin Bacon, we need you) we made good time on the 10-mile round trip. Hike stats: 4:08 hours, 10.57 mi, and 1,473' elevation gained.