Peaking Mission

Life always provides interesting challenges.  One of which is climbing a mountain....literally.  To be fair it wasn't a very big mountain but it was still 1.7 miles of uphill trek, which if you've never done before can be pretty challenging.

I met up with a friend of mine and as per the usual these days I over slept and rushed getting there.  Not only did I oversleep but I also used google maps to get to "Mission Peak".  What I didn't know is there is a very narrow path that you can drive most of the way up and well...despite the signs that say "No Auto to Peak" and "Residence Only"  I still decided to drive it....As my friend put it S M R T

SMRT Reference

When I finally got there the sun was still hidden behind the mountain.  Unfortunately due to my awesome follies we didn't make it to the top for sunrise, but what we saw was equally as impressive.

 As we made our way up the mountain we saw an assortment of cows, which was somewhat reminiscent of World of Warcraft.  I truly felt like I was in Mulgore near Thunderbluff.  I also now know what a real life Mulgore would smell like...fertilizer.

We were closely followed by the fog as it lifted to the sky.  This is a photo from about half way up.

When we got there the timing was perfect....as the clouds followed us up they sat in just the right spots for the most amazing photos.

I'm so glad I went.  Not only was the view breath taking the work I did getting to the top made me appreciate all the little battles I deal with every day.  Just knowing that all I have to do is keep going and eventually  I'll see something beautiful, something worth all the hard work.

BTW

On the way back down COW!!!!