Cool cloudy day – rain forecasted for the afternoon. Additionally, had a Flatlander visitor this weekend (before a work conference the following week in Denver). Decided on a local hike in Longmont – no huge altitude, no road trip. Quick out-and-back and no one pukes (from altitude sickness) 🙂
Rattlesnake Mountain was renamed ‘Rabbit’ Mountain to increase park attendance. Er…saw zero rabbits but did see multiple snake tunnels near a flat rocky stretch of the hike. But although we saw no rabbits, at the trailhead was an entire prairie dog colony. Camouflaged well against the landscape, life as a prairie dog could be a good one – if they didn’t chirp so often and so loudly. Their ‘alarm’ system worked as an ‘alert’ system for Ro – no possibility of a ‘leash-less’ hike for Rowan O’Roark this week.
Hike highlight – WILDFLOWERS. Vivid spring colours garnished this trail.
Back in before the rain – and no snakes 🙂
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