Leave it up to John....hmmm

Today's adventure was a lot of fun!

I have posted many pictures on today's post and, as usual, the pictures don't do justice to the experience.  We decided to take a trip over the mountain pass to Helena and climb Mt Helena.  We started from 4300 ft elevation, as measured at the parking lot, and climbed to 5360 ft.  By the time all was said and done we had a ton of fun and our legs were like rubber at the end of the day.  I am sure to pay dearly for the adventure tomorrow, lol!  We want to do it again, in a couple of days, if our bodies permit it.

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We can't say we weren't warned!

The views were fantastic on the trek upward!

Looking towards our goal.

We came across a cave that was used by miners as a resting spot.  I probably need to fact check that!  Anyway, that's what I'm going with :)

I'll take the time here to tell you that we met many people up and down the trail, from toddlers carried on their father's back to those nearly my age, and all were as friendly as you could hope for!  Smiles from all!

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Wendy appears to have lost her sheep!  Me.

We are close to our summit assault but we need time to rest.

We made it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Time to let it sink in.

Others who are enjoying their journey.

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It's official when you see the spike indicating the peak, even though technically, I saw a few higher rocks.  But Wendy set foot on the highest around.

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And now for the rest of the story!  Wendy led us up the ascent as she is a trailblazer at heart.  I decided to lead us down as I wanted to block her roll, so to speak, if she lost footing and went tumbling.  Well, after 10 or 15 minutes of descent, she calls out to me "this doesn't look like the way we came up".  I said that it looks different because we are going down.  "Are you sure?" she asks.  About that time a young woman was ascending the path and I asked her if we were on the "1906" trail?  And she says "no".  "Well can we get to the parking lot from here?"  "No worries, just take a left at the next marker and you'll be ok".  Well, we made it back just fine.  But I've lost my "homing pigeon" reputation!  Thus the title of this day's blog, (blush).