Joy, one of our hike mentors, took this picture - it's on the team website in the Huddart Park section but I know it's from Edgewood Park because of the shirt I'm wearing!
That's Bob on the left, and on the right is Tifin, the HFD Manager for our area.
This picture was taken probably at the very beginning of the hike, because I'm still holding my water bottle and trail mix, and the trail mix bag is pretty full.
I was so unprepared for this hike - I didn't call anyone before showing up, because it had been promoted as a "try it out" hike, and I didn't think it would be very long. Also, I wasn't exactly sure I was definitely going to go until the night before.
It turned out to be 2.5 hours...which is the 2nd shortest hike (this was only the 2nd hike for the team, and the first on the trail - the first team hike was at Foothill on 6/28.)
I only had that water bottle, which is only 32 oz. Jennifer, one of the hike co-leaders, topped it off before we left on the hike, because I'd been sipping from it in the car.
Tifin wound up carrying the water bottle and the trail mix in her pack for me because I didn't even have a good bag to put them in (I'd thought I could carry the bottle). Thank you, Tifin!
Plus, I'm wearing jeans! Which were really hot on the hike.
It was a fun hike though. Everyone was very positive and cheered me on, causing me to want to come to the next hike...
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