Call of the Wild

Dwight, James, Katie, and I went hiking today at Crabtree Falls. The weather gods smiled upon us and held back the rain in spite of the 80% chance of precipitation forecast. Take that, weather.com!

During the hike, we met a dog with no collar or tags that will henceforth be referred to as Spirit of the Mountain. Spirit would randomly appear in front of us during the hike, run around with Titan for a few minutes, and then disappear again. He would appear again out of nowhere, without fail, in a matter of minutes. It was like Spirit was guiding us to our destination, not that we needed it on the extremely well-blazed and well-maintained path. Still, it was nice to know that the mountain was looking out for us.

On the drive home, we stopped and got ice cream from a local shop. And that's how we gained back the 2000 calories that we burned during the hike.