Above COS Hike & Deck Happy Hour 07May20-08May20

Thursday was gorgeous so Kala & I headed above the Waldo burn and above the quarry to the southern ridgeline of Blodgett Pk. The trail was sometimes great and often sketchy at near the top... steep with loose pink granite made the descent harrowing. We got to about 8400 ft (~200 below the ridge) before turning back. The route roughly follows our local unnamed stream, which is still flowing well. We finally have begun to see more spring wildflowers. Great outing with Kala in some perilous spots.

Despite the 20° drop in temps on Friday we held another felonious deck party with social distances and wine & nosh. Excellent time with Brantleys and Yohanans, except we missed Jim. I made glazed Korean meatballs, which the team seemed to like, and Kala prepared stuffed 'shrooms, dipped strawberries and chilled chili shrimp... yumm. Of course we brought out some fine wines: Edgar's '13 grenache-syrah, a Spanish '10 gran reserve rioja alvesa and a L'Venture '14 GSM. We needed and enjoyed stuff that could stand up to the spicy foods.