Hiking to Mt. Gordon Lyons

Another beautiful weekend - we took our first bike ride on our tandem yesterday on the Ship Creek Trail, just checking it out.  At a certain point, it got too slushy, not dry enough yet, but we're looking for information and places that we'll be able to ride!  We also spent the day re-organizing our stuff, since we sub-leased our apartment for two months this summer while we'll be back in upstate New York. Kind of like spring cleaning!

Today we hiked in an area that we've hiked twice before, the trail to either Mt. Gordon Lyons or Rendezvous.  Our landlords went with us, Lance & Mary, and we again took the "straight up" route that you'll be able to appreciate from our pictures.  The summer route is a more gradual climb.  The snow was deeper than we thought it would be, but not so bad and intermittent with some bare spots and shallow snow.  The photo at the top, with Brian, Lance, and Judy, was taken by Mary, and that spot we're standing on is the only ground at the summit, which dropped off on all 4 sides other than where we were standing!

We saw several people skiing down, so we are thinking of going back tomorrow after work with our climbing skins, which we haven't used yet, climbing up and skiing down the notch between the two peaks!  It's still gorgeous out, about 40 degrees, and it stays light now til about 9 pm, so it's hard to come in and quit for the day!  Brian leaves for upstate NY on May 18 to see Colleen graduate that weekend from RIT, and Judy will be back between conferences for Memorial Day weekend, then back June 10 til the 1st of August.

We REALLY like it here!  You should be able to tell why from the pictures!