Ready to Go!

Jan 17th



Today we got ready for the Kuiper observatory at Mnt Bigelow. We had our usual breakfast and went grocery shopping. Not wasting too much time, we headed up the mountain. We stopped at a few site seeing areas :D

The first one we stopped at had a small pit/opening. I was going to follow the paths but then said screw it and headed down towards the pit. I heard running water so kept going. The area was so pretty. There was a small waterfall there, trees, little sand islands between the water..Oh, it was Cool! Following me was Brad/Mark/Joe. Brad/Joe went down further than me at first but then I joined them after enjoying the scenary for a bit. Brad managed to find another waterfall off to the side. It was tucked away, squeezed between 2 rock walls. Again, we didnt stay too long and had to head back up.

We stopped at another site seeing area. This one had the rolling hills feel to it. It was sort of like what we have been seeing but still it Does NOT take away from its beauty.

Traveling up the mountain some more, we Finally made it to the Kuiper Observatory. We moved everything in, got yelled at by a Shmidt guy, ate, slept a bit, and then another hike. This one wasnt a 7 mile one though...only about 4 :P

The hike consisted of ice/snow/muddy slush stuff but, luckily, most of it was snow. There were a couple of animal tracks in the snow, some rabbit others Not so much rabbit.

There were some clear areas along the way where we all stopped to enjoy the view. Man, were there views too! You could almost see the entire snowy hillside. Unlike before, we didnt go too far into this hike.

We trudged back and spent the rest of the night scurrying around, figuring out what we are doing/what Supposed to be doing, gazing at clear skies, and trying to stay awake. Luckily, no one was killed Or injured this night.