This is a classic hike from the base of the CO National Monument. I went counter clockwise. Up Wedding Canyon and down Monument Canyon. There are some petroglyphs near the metal sign in box near the end of this hike. It was a cold day, around 35, but sunny. A lot of lizards out on the rock trying to warm up.
This is the closest significant hiking to the house so I will get to know it well. It is a 5 mile drive from the house. Today I went on some different trails. K8 to K4 to K1 to D2. I walked along the top of a long rock ridge between K1 and D2. Nice slick rock area. It was cold today with a high about 35. I started in the sun and it was plenty warm. Then the clouds moved in and the wind picked up and it felt much colder. There are areas of green grass out there. In January! About an inch of snow in most places with a little more up higher and other areas where it was melted away.
We got a small <1 inch of snow last night. I walked along the river and then went to Dinosaur Hill which I have not been to before. They found some dinosaur skeletons there including a large Apatosauraus that is in the Field Museum in Chicago. The hill has a one mile loop trail that goes around and up it.
