I had the trail to myself this beautiful morning - too bad for everyone else because it was a spectacular 10-mile hike. No wildlife either so maybe I just missed the memo that today was a sleep-in day. Only a few gorgeous maple trees left strutting their bright yellow leaves, but they'll soon be as bare as the rest.



I caught the sun rising through a summac thicket about 4 miles down the trail. Not much of a picture, but I'll keep trying.

I started more than an hour before sunrise so I could get some dark walking in and watch the skies brighten over the miles. We're down to only 10 hours of daylight now and we'll continue to drop all the way down to 8 hours 46 minutes on the winter solstice. That's not many hours in which to hike!

We're finally supposed to get a bit of rain tonight but no snow for at least a week. Looks like Colorado continues to steal it all!

Hike On