Tom has the day off work today so we slept in a bit and then went to Payson Canyon. We had to take two cars, (not very efficient). We parked one at Pateetneet and then drove up to the base of The Grotto trail. The first 4-5 miles are down hill and then it has rolling and flat with a more gradual down hill from there. Since it's my first time down I will document my splits for future reference. 8:13 7:19 7:34 7:38 7:43 8:20 8:05 8:25 over all average 7:55 Crazy animal encounter of the day..."Preacher Cow" The sun was just poking over the mountain for their sunrise sermon. The main herd was corralled inside their fence. One cow, (Preacher Cow), stood outside the fence and up on a bit of a hill looking down over his little flock. He would let out a loud "Moooo" and the others would all respond with their "Amens", (or amoooons).
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