12.07 Diablo State Park: Little Giant Loop plus Prospector’s Gap and others
A burst of color before summer Chased this little fella or his/her cousin, friend, sister, brother all over the trails. (The blurred trees are about 2,000 feet below the bird) One of the many peaks spread around the park, approaching the saddle We are beginning to miss water. After seeing some of the finest bodies of blue water last autumn, with reflections of fall colors lighting up our lives, or swimming in freezing water at 11,000 feet above sea level in summer, it is understandable we have this feeling. For the colors, we’ll have to wait but hopefully, the water should be available as we try and head northwards. We left reasonably early this morning for our second visit to the park, using an entrance miles from yesterday’s. Our health has improved, the weather is definitely summery, our propensity for work is low, our energy level is high although our fitness needs improvement. Today, we were supposed to hike 8.1 miles with more than 1,600 feet elevation gain in wh...