Day two on the trail crew. Winky, Cliff, and Kadizzle headed up Barnhardt Trail. The Barnhardt trail is one of the most popular in the area. The trail quickly starts to climb steep up to a waterfall. Hauling little Joey up that trail was a two hour process. Cliff and Winky took off like their pants were on fire. Kadizzle mumble walked at a pleasant pace and enjoyed the scenery. A geologist would have an orgasm hiking the trail. The rock strata is amazing. The various seams of Earth are twisted and turned in amazing patterns. Switch back after switchback eventually take you well up over five thousand feet. This is not a trail for the fainthearted. Many places you are forced to walk on the edge of a cliff. Unfortunately the normally spectacular waterfall was dry, not a drop.
For some strange reason Kadizzle likes to move boulders. Winky and the family often give Kadizzle grief about moving a five ton boulder that was near the house Erin had in Evergreen, Colorado. It turned out to be more of a challenge than Kadizzle originally thought. That incident educated Kadizzle that the best thing to use on a boulder is a lever. About three quarters of the way up the trail a large boulder had fallen on the trail. To Kadizzle's surprise Winky suggested we move it. Finding a lever was the problem. Finally we found a nice dry large tree suitable for the job. It took some yelling and screaming of instructions, but we move the boulder. Seeing it roll down the steep mountain grade was worth the effort. We had had to lift the boulder a few inches, put rocks under it, and repeat. Finally we could give the heave hoe and there she went.
In case you forgot Little Joey is the lump around Kadizzle's waste. It is fun to have Sylvie poke fun at Kadizzle about Little Joey. When we returned from the hike it was for sure a lot of calories were burnt. Now there was justification for giving Little Joey some good food and drink.
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