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After reviewing the trail map of my local Green Mountain, I realized we had not explored nearly as much ground as first thought. We decided to try to make it to the mythic vista mentioned on the map again. This time we brought my mother along because she enjoys hiking as well.

The weather was great. On the drive to the trail head we saw the Cascades to the east and the Olympic Mountains to the west. We chose to try this other trail head because it was closer to the vista. We examined the sun-bleached map at the base of the mountain and then took off.

After the first 2 miles we started to wonder if we were on the right path. We were supposed to make a 1000 ft elevation gain and so far we hadn’t gain any vertical footage. I brushed it off thinking we might just gain it all really fast at the end. At 4.5 miles and no sign of the vista we had to turn back because we needed enough day light to go back. I left the mountain feeling defeated again and exhausted from an unplanned 9 mile trek. I was also sorely disappointed that I didn’t get to the see the amazing view I am sure the vista was harboring.

I came home and headed to the wine rack to check for some champagne to help the aching in my feet. I was defeated by the wine rack as well because I had forgotten that I had finished off the last champagne bottle during the weekend.

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Since the weather continues to get better and better I took the opportunity to get out for a hike yesterday. I may live on a heavily populated peninsula but there is still a lot of wilderness left if you take time to find it. One of these places left is called Green Mountain. It is only about 10 miles from our home but it feels like a world away.

Green Mountain may not be much more than a glorified hill but it houses many nice hiking and biking trails. The crispness of the air was invigorating and the chill felt great on my skin. I had never been there before so we were not sure what paths to take. I decided we should try to gain as much elevation as possible in hopes of finding a nice spot with a view. Sadly we were not rewarded with a view because of the surrounding trees.

Even though we were in the woods we were reminded, however, that we were close to civilization because we could hear the lunch whistle blow for the local naval shipyard.

We ended up hiking about 4.5 miles. This means we burned nearly 700 calories. That’s like over seven glasses of wine off my wine rack.

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