It was 28 degrees this morning when we parked at the entrance to the CCC road and started jogging up the highway to Peavine Falls. The wind was blowing a lot harder than the Weather channel said it would be last night also. I had insulated jogging pants, an insulated top, an insulated windbreaker jacket, gloves and a wrap around my ears. My eyes were watering like crazy and my nose was cold. Sixty-two minutes later as we got back to the car, I had removed my gloves and my wrap and unzipped my jacket. It had only warmed up to 29 degrees but those trails had warmed me up a lot more.
We made it down to Peavine Falls and started up the Blue trail. It had experienced some serious windage as there were a good many trees across the trail. There were already small trails around them as others had been there before us. It was definitely a different trip than what we had taken in the spring while winding back down to Loop 1. When we got to the white connector, a tree had fallen and knocked the sign over. The White trail was down in the valley and didn't have any trees across it. I guess the wind stayed up on the hill and did it's damage there.
The sun was up and shining as we made our way up from Peavine Falls to the parking area. It sure looked nice coming over the mountain and burning off the mist. The jog from the parking area back to the entrance to the CCC road was a nice finish to a nice run.
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