Four Mile Day

After Breakfast, geared up and paddled up the Four Mile Trail...which is 4.7 miles or so!.. up and down, and just getting to the Trail Head, the whole distance was like a Ten Mile Day...and I'm tired!...there's plenty of scenery to see...maybe the best trail for scenics...but not many critters...some little bird pics and clips...Lizards...Squirrels...Golden Mantles...but pics too blurry...did see one Deer track...had hoped for Blue Grouse...took the tripod and scopes just for that...think I may have lost the mini scope...pack zipper worked open..it was a lot of extra weight taking the tripod and scopes...but I've learned to 'be prepared'!!...last few switch backs, I was really plodding...but perked up after a late lunch at Glacier Point...and the evening hike down, while tiring too, was very enjoyable...that's how most folk do the trail...take the Bus up and hike down...didn't see anyone coming down..until I crossed Swinging Bridge, and my hiking friend was sitting near the Path by the River...and some Deer nearby in Two Top Pine Meadow..nice to be able to talkabout a Day with a friend!...the top pic...the Fir and Rock...I saw that scenic the first time up the Trail, 2003, and was taken with it...have pics from every hike of the Fir...keep meaning to get one in Winter with snow...best do that next snow fall, as the Fir now is almost taller than the Rock!!....Trail has one Snow Tongue, past the gate, that's a little hazardous...for a hiker aways behind it was a little too hazardous!...they dropped their pack, and in reaching for it took a tumble..but not far...though the far below put a scare in them and he was looking to hitch a ride back down from Glacier Point!!...this they related to me at the Point...view of Bobcat Meadow pics are from the Perch at the Twenty Fifth Switch Back...Thirty Third if coming down...there's Fifty Eight!....the Perch has 'exposure'...climber parlance for 'far below'!!..so be careful going out for a looksee...Two Top pics from the same local...several places along the Trail with this view...the Perch view is unique!...looked for Agaziz Rock, which is supposed to be at Union Point...view there is bothered by a Pine...but I cant see where the Rock is, if it's still there...Nuthatch was at the very end of the hike up...Providence's award!!...Snow Plant too at the top of the little stairs!!