Great Outdoors

Now that temperatures are cooling (a little), we're venturing out a little more. This was a nice little hike along the Bill Spring Trail in the Sandia Mountains of the Cibola National Forest. Superboy was our water mule. We had to stop for a water break every two minutes or so, but what a trooper!

I've just learned that the Bill Spring trailhead is in an area that was closed until Sept. 4 due to an abundance of acorns and bear activity. Yikes! We didn't see any bears, but we did smell some very animal-y smells, and we did notice the acorns. A few months ago, a 5 year-old boy was attacked by what his family believes was a mountain lion on the popular Balsam Glade Nature Trail near the Sandia Crest. As I remember it, the poor little guy was up ahead on the trail from his folks, and the animal grabbed him by the head and tried to drag him away. His Dad jumped on the animal, which then let the boy go and ran off. Double Yikes. We kept both kids very, very close.




One day, Daddy felt brave and took both animals on a hike in the Petroglyph National Monument. They wore him out; good thing we think they're cute.