Chris and I slept in. Blessed sleep!
I showered the night before, so while Chris got ready, I worked on getting breakfast ready, making lunches to eat while hiking, packing snacks, and getting drinks ready.
We were out of the house a little after 9 am and walked out to find a deer grazing a few doors down. The deer around town were totally not afraid of people.
We walked around the Farmer's Market, bought some cucumbers for our hike and headed off to the mountains toward the Monarch ski resort. We bought tickets to ride the Monarch Crest Tram. We only planned to ride the tram up, but they still charged us $18 for a round trip ticket. Sheesh!
We planned to hike around at the top and then back down to the Monarch Crest shop.
The ride up the mountain on the Monarch Crest Scenic Tramway took less than 10 minutes. It was uber windy once we got out.
We had to put a pin in Adelaide on the map of where people were from around the world!
After taking a few pics we pulled out our windbreakers and were grateful for the bit of warmth they offered.
The hike here followed the Continental Divide Trail, which also happened to be busy with a motorbike rider, lots of mountain bikers, hikers, and a lady carrying her dog's poop down the mountain (yay for not leaving it on the side of the trail). I couldn't get close enough fast enough before she put it down, but she had tied the poop bag to a stick and was carrying it like a hobo.
We ended up hiking about five miles after reaching the Visitor Shop. And we decided to get some lunch at the Shredder's Grill food truck. Chris ordered a burger with jalapeno jelly, peanut butter and sliced strawberries. I had a black bean burger with carmelized onions and guacamole. Mmmm.
Taking some fun pics in the big Adirondack chair.
We started to eat outside in the sunshine, but the wind picked up and we moved inside.
Incidentally, the tram closed down due to the wind by lunch time.
We spent the afternoon at hot springs again.