Today, Kevin and I decided to hike St. Mary's Falls. Originally, we wanted to do Mt. Rosa which is about 11,500ft and a 12 mile total hike. Unfortunately, dehydration and a lack of sleep last night had me waking with an unfortunate headache. (I have noticed that it is more likely for me to have a headache with this combination of dehydration and not enough sleep.) I went back to bed and when I woke up my headache was much more subdued. It wasn't as bad as some of my headaches have been, but it was definitely enough to give us a later start and change our plans.
We decided to take the same route but only go half way up. One of the reasons we chose to hike this mountain is that at the halfway mark you will find yourself in a beautiful canyon with a very peaceful waterfall. Today, it was where we stopped for lunch and took a nice break. We were still debating at that point if we would try to keep going up, but we decided that we were already tired from rushing the first three miles and we really didn't have time to climb up three more and then go 6 back down.
So I guess it just means we will have to make some adjustments to our plans. Next week we will probably try Mt. Rosa again and then Pikes Peak in the next couple of weeks. You never know when the weather on Pikes Peak is going to turn on you, so we need to try to hike it before October. The high at the peak this time of year is in the low 50's. So they really aren't too far from some serious snows. After we hike Pikes Peak, we will probably go back to hiking the canyons while the leaves start turning pretty colors until the snow becomes really thick and then we will starting skiing again! I love Colorado!
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