6.08 and 6.09 Lost and found and oops, lost again...(ach shame)
6.08 China Camp Park, San Rafael-Thursday; 6.09 Carson Falls, Tamalpais State Park-Friday; and various trails in both parks. Lake Bon Tempe and Mount Tamalpais Maude and Theo Alge of Boston , whom we have known for more than fifty years, asked us a question the day prior to hike 6.09 about following trails and getting lost. We gave our answer and on the hike following the question, we lost ourselves. Actually, that’s not true. We were never lost—the trail, we think, was lost to us. The last time we were in a similar position, an angel arrived ‘out of the blue’ and gave us a ride to our car parked some twenty miles away. We never forget the kindness shown to us by David of Durango, Colorado. He was the first person we’d come across in six hours on that mountain. The kindness of strangers is awesome and most humbling—people helping people without any thought or expectation of reciprocation. Expert trail spotter searching for trees. Not an easy task Ranger Barry to rescue (2011...