Some cooler weather afforded a little extra sleep today, so it was not until after nine am on this Sunday that we set off for the MERA (Mount Emily Recreation Area) 3R Trail. Mostly sticking to trails 700 and 706. we walked past a high-elevation green-water pond. Then we rather abruptly pressed upward to a broad meadow that was astonishingly flanked on its far side with a remote dwelling of several buildings, horses and beehives. Once across the expanse of the meadow, we made our way uphill once again through densely-wooded ground. Not pictured here was the sighting of a doe making a rapid-fire crossing of the trail, followed by a bouncing fawn, then another. Oh, yeah, and on the way out on our return, Kim was stung, once again in less than a week, by a flying something, once again on a finger. Extreme pain was evidenced by her yowls, but mitigated by holding the finger in ice water for the trip home (which concluded at about 12:30). Now, the rest of this day (I should say Kim and Ivi’s day) is to be consumed by a major canning operation around the peaches harvested yesterday. Stay tuned.
