This is starting to look like a hiking blog and not a kayaking blog. I hope I don't lose too many kayaking readers. But lately I just feel like hiking. I'm also trying to get some backpacking trips organized before it gets too cold. Today I was talking to the Michael, who organized the hike, about organizing a hiking or backpacking trip to Dolly Sods. In a few weeks we might as well try a snowshoeing trip because I hear it snows up there sooner than down here close to sea level.



Anyways, this was a hike I picked up from meetup.com. It's a new site I found that people post events to just "meet up." No obligation, no liability to forms to sign and most of the time no fees. So ten of us "met up" to do the Billy Goat Trail Hike at Great Falls. I did meet a kayak racer in the parking lot. The start of the Billy Goat Trail is also the parking lot for the whitewater kayakers that come to play in the rapids at Great Falls. He had this incredible down river racing kayak in a design I have never seen before. No rudder and it was narrow and round so I'm not sure how he could turn it. And I did feel a little nostalgic about the four kayaks sitting at my house waiting to go out. But I have a feeling the next few months will be mostly land based adventures. I need to work out my hiking muscles for my spring trip to ... The Grand Canyon. More photos of the hike are HERE.

-Susanita