More PA Rockpiles
This morning, it was raining. We slept in a little longer than usual to wait out the rain, which was gone by 9:00 a.m. or so. One thing the rain managed to do, however, was make the cool days we've been having recently downright cold. I had plenty of layers to wear, though, and I'd much rather be cold than hot while I'm out hiking. It's amazing how fast the seasons are changing here. Just last week, it seemed like we were right in the middle of fall, and there was barely a crispness in the air. Now, all of the leaves that were just changing colors a few days ago are on the ground, and the air is far more than crisp.
The seasons, they are a changin'...
Most of the hike was our standard PA fare - flat and a little rocky - with a few steep scrambles over rocky outcrops thrown in for good measure. We weren't quite as efficient today as we were yesterday. I'm not sure if starting a couple of hours later made me lethargic, or if the terrain was a tad rockier and tougher to navigate, but I just wasn't moving quite as fast as usual. We hiked just over 8 miles in about 5 hours. We finished hiking around 4:00 p.m., got cleaned up, and drove back west a bit to go to dinner and a movie about Billy Joel and Sea Stadium. Mr. Smith joined us for his final goodbye, because now we're too far north to make visits convenient. With winter at our backs, we march on!
Something pretty always seems to find us out here.
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