{"id":12096,"date":"2019-01-06T09:06:30","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T15:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=12096"},"modified":"2019-01-06T09:09:52","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T15:09:52","slug":"first-hike-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=12096","title":{"rendered":"First Hike of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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New Years Day I skipped the various organized runs and polar bear plunges and go on a facebook organized hike on Turkey Mountain but I had to change by plans when I was ten minutes late for the hike so I just went by myself. Which is fine, I like to go at my own pace and take photos and there were a couple of geocaches I wanted to try and find.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was frigid as you can see from this surface skim ice on the wet part of the trail. It gets cold in Oklahoma but almost always a few days later it warms up pretty good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I stayed on the eastern side of the park. It has the best views, it also had a little bit of wind compared to the more secluded areas. I was bundled up pretty good though. I’ve got a lot of excellent cold weather gear that I have accumulated over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There were not very many people. I saw one or two trail runners, several couples hiking, and only a few mountain bikers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I ended up with about five and a half miles and looked for two caches and found one. I have found almost all the geocaches on Turkey Mountain that don’t require climbing equipment or a ladder to reach. I used to try and get those on my own but as I have got older I realize that gravity is not necessarily my friend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n