Pros:

• So warm and dry for March
• We forgot bear spray and didn’t see any bears (phew!)
• We got Chippy McChipMunk to eat out of my hand (even though he rejected the nut after he took it, putting it down and scrambling away)

Cons:

• So. Many. Ticks! Thank goodness we didn’t contract Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.

Scenes from the hike:

Real women wear backwards fanny packs:

Real men have thick beards, wear Forsake, and use zip-off pants:

Don’t fall off!

Oh, you just flew up from the parking lot?

Oh, I forgot to mention, real men have really hairy legs.

Gotta have that beer on the porch post-hike:

Goodbye, sun.