Thursday, July 30, 2009

Day 6 ~ Got Eaten By Bugs!! LOST MY WAY

I woke up with ambition in my heart today....I had this totally wicked hike all planned, it was another Moderate trail according to the map. Same color coding used when I went out for my hike with Corey. Well when we reached the trail that I wanted to hike it said it would take 6 hours to complete the loop. I looked at Chris said Oh that's not bad I'll be back for dinner. I had lots of water, orange juice for energy and some power bars. All set right...no wrong. As I started out instantly there were black flies everywhere, one even drew blood within the first 15minutes. I thought ok .. once I start climbing they won't be so bad. Wrong again...as I started to climb it soon dawned on me that the trail I picked was more a pro trail very steep and not at all what I was prepared for. I was prepared for a Moderate trail according to the map. But being stubborn I continued on thinking ok the trail should level off...GREAT SCOTT I was wrong again. I quickly came to conclusion while I was sweating RIVERS and being eaten alive by black flies that this was not what I wanted to be doing today. Thank goodness I was packing my cell phone. ....Called Chris and said please meet me at the bottom of the mountain...I can't do it too hard. I think Chris was shocked, he knows it takes allot for me to give up or at least admit that I can't do something ( Which is never !!! when I start something I finish it) He agreed and I started back down...but I got lost took a wrong turn and ended up in the middle of no where. Using my survival instincts I continued down and followed the water listening to it like it was a beacon in the night. I ended up a half mile away from the original entrance which isn't too bad the bad part was that I came out of the woods into a GRAVE YARD!! Since I was a child I can't even stand the the grounds of a grave yard or even enter the gates. I get instant goose flesh...and feel instantly sick. Well I almost had a melt down when I realized where I was....don't ask me how I got out and onto the road!! YUCK I'll probably have nightmares tonight. So since there wasn't any adventure today I thought I would post some of the Macro shot I have taken since I've been here.









All these flowers and berry shots are images you see everywhere on your hikes. There are alot of wild flowers here and berries everywhere. I haven't seen a bear yet but I have seen the waste of them....and the bears really love the berries here!! Don't ask my to tell you how I can describe this fact... LOL




7 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh....you poor thing!! Sounds like quite an adventure to me...tough climbing, blood, intrigue! Glad you made it back to the car and your hubby was able to whisk you back to your room! Love the shot of the thistle..and the berries. Gorgeous. I hope tomorrow is a better day in the woods!

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  2. Yes Kelly it was quite a day...we have a better day planned for tomorrow :) I don't get scared very often.....but when you feel your lost that is some feeling isn't it?

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  3. What an experience Crista! That happened to me once, but luckily we had a team leader that got us out of there. Hope you didn't have too many nightmares!

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  4. WHOW...that was some nasty experience Crista. Glad to hear that natural instincts kicked in to get you down safely.
    Hope you have a stress free day today.

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  5. You really are having more than your average adventure. It must have been scary when you realised you had taken the wrong turning. Fortunately all's well that ends well - as they say.
    Beautiful macro shots of the various plants.

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  6. Frank, Maree and John...Yes I had a very stress free day today...I didn't get lost which is amazing considering the thick smoke in the air masking the moutains and coating the lakes with haze. But I still had a great day!!! Cheers

    Crista

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  7. What an adventure! I have to say that I rather like graveyards...so interesting to look at the stones. However, I'm glad you got back safely and the macro shots are wonderul. Love the thistle.

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