Spectacular views from Guadalupe Peak, with a summit of 8,749 feet - the highest peak in Texas. The two RV Gypsies hiked this strenuous 8.4 mile round trip trail. The trip up was difficult and the trip down killed their knees. Especially since Karen Duquette did not wear her knee brace and they did not have hiking sticks. OMG! Such aching knees.
Below: The crazy RV Gypsies
began their insane hike
Lee Duquette was smiling
at the beginning of the hike. Will he still smile at the end of the hike?
No Lee,
you cannot hide
and must hike some more.
and must hike some more.
That is where the hike began and this is not even the half-way point
Below: A bird flying many
miles above Lee Duquette's head - see the small black dot in the photo
below and the distance to the bottom of the mountain.
Below: Lee Duquette zoomed
in to photograph the RV's down below. Look hard to see the top of the
two RV Gypsies' orange HHR toad - known as MOB - "My Orange Baby"
Below: A close-up
of a vicarious rock. Lee Duquette wondered if that
rock would ever fall.
Below: The two RV Gypsies
were still smiling as they took a brief rest. They thought they might
be at the 1/2 way point.
Below: The trail often
bordered a very steep drop down, as shown in the photos below.
Below: Lee Duquette hung
on to the side of the cliff as the trail went higher and higher. At times
he turned around to check that Karen Duquette was OK and did not fall
off the side of the mountain. (Surely he would have heard her screaming
if it happened, but luckily that did not happen.)
Below: Lee Duquette looked
down over the cliff and said, "This is nuts at our age."
(But they were still new at being RV Gypsies and as the years went by,
they did even nuttier things.) But they knew they probably would not return
here.
Below: Lee Duquette was almost at the top of the trail - but the two RV Gypsies still had to go back down the mountain. It was not an easy hike, and they were very happy when they eventually made it back to the parking lot.
The two RV Gypsies
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