Today was kind of cold, cloudy and boring. The tree service was supposed to come this morning to estimate removing the troublesome trees in my back yard, but they canceled at the last minute. I went to AkTive Soles and found the new mountain running shoes I needed, then came home with no plans for the day. I could tell that Bella was very bored. She kept whining and wanting walks. I took a brief nap, then had to get out of the house. Wasn't sure where I was going, just out! I ended up driving up to Hatcher Pass just to see how the trail to Gold Cord Lake looked now. The last time I looked it was totally snow-covered. But today it looked like the entire trail was open. So, wearing my brand-new light-colored Solomon Speedcross 6 trail running shoes, Bella and I took off up the hill to the trail. My big challenge was keeping my beautiful new shoes out of the mud. There are 2 very muddy places on this trail, below the old cabin. I tiptoed through the tundra around the big rocks and managed to avoid both of them. The whole trail was a little muddy and slippery, but my shoes have great tread, and I made my way up the short trail easily. It's only 2 miles round trip but can be a little challenging in the mud and slippery rocks. Happily, it didn't rain on us, even though it sure looked like it wanted to. The lake is still mostly frozen but there are some open areas. The creek out of the lake is running very fast though. There were quite few hikers up there, many struggling on the slippery sometimes difficult to find, rocky, muddy trail. Bella tried to start something with each of the other dogs but obeyed my shouts of "On by!"
I like my new shoes and managed to keep them looking shiny and clean except for the mud embedded in the tread that I had to hose off when I got home.
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