Warmed up by Noon - a nice crisp 9C- and the sun was still shining! I had to return Amie's Jeep to her house (they are in Hawaii), and called Bonnie to ask if I could take Tia for a walk, and she decided to join us.
Instead of taking the easy route (down #33) home, we agreed to take a rural route through orchard country, which turned out to be an excellent plan.
Our hike took us up a couple of steep hills along Black Mountain Drive, which is a left turn off of Highway #33. Black Mountain Drive dead end's at the end of Hole #10 of the Black Mountain Golf Club. There were lots of golfers out today (some were wearing shorts!).
I guaranteed Bonnie she would find a golf ball- and sure enough- she found a Wilson Staff ball across from hole #5! The steep climb up to the golf course got our heart rates up, but after reaching the dead end at Hole #10, it was all downhill!
The golf course looks great! At the dead end, we jumped a gate, and went down a service road, and ended up on Swainson Road.
Bonnie and Tia are on a steep section of Swainson Road. This image is looking north in the general direction of the Airport. We 'raided' an orchard and munched on our apples for energy! Actually, the harvest is over- and we found some apples that were still hanging from a tree. They were delicious!
We followed Swainson, to McKenzie and then cut through some orchards, and then took Webster Road to Bonnie's house. I hope the next photo gives you some idea of the beautiful colors, and the lovely farms and orchards on this very scenic hike!
The hike to Bonnie's took 75 minutes, and by the time I got home, after dropping Tia and Bonnie off; I had hiked for 105 minutes- so almost two hours.
I took my pedometer:
Steps- 11,670
Kms- 9
Kcals- 725
Time- 1hr 45 mins
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