July 24th started out being a fine day. Went running with Steve and Clyde and Dustin up near Steve’s place. Steve had this 17-mile trail all mapped out. our adventure began at the base of a mountain in pine valley. We were all decked out with camel packs and power bars. The trail looked simple on paper, I thought Steve must have got the map from Daniel Boons training guide for marathoners. About ten yards into the trail we ran into one-way Willy and his dog Ralph. Willy was all packed for a three-day hike on the same trail we were about to tackle in a couple of hours. The trail was steep and full of deadly ankle breaking rocks. A challenge that even mighty Brigham Young may of declined. The views of the valley floor were spectacular. About 6 miles into our 17 mile tour we decided as a group we better turn back because the trail did not appear to be getting much better. So we took our rag tagged war torn legs back down the trail. I gave my usual donation of blood sweat and tears to this happy trail falling down a record 5 times. We met up with one-way Willy who briefly told us that if we would of kept going the trail would of gotten even worse. At the end of the run we were able to get into a nice cold creek. or "Crick" if your from Pine valley. | 