Views from the Top of the World (sorta)

Little photo shoot with the pups.

Boise has had a bit of a nasty inversion going on this week. I headed out of town a bit for my run (hill climb) today to get a little clean air! Cervidae Peak is just between Boise and Idaho City. It is a short climb- about two miles- but has about 1800 feet of elevation gain. My quads were feeling it today, which was surprising. That means that more hills must be on the menu for the next few months! The temperature changed pretty drastically with the elevation change, as you can see from the frost in the photos. With the exception of the one with the dogs and me, the photos were taken from the top-down. The pictures taken from the top are pretty clear, but farther down the hill, we ducked into the inversion and ran through beautiful, ice-covered grass and sage. Then, as you can see in the last picture, everything was clear again at the bottom.

Above the clouds.

There is that fog- facing towards Boise.

You can see the sides of the hill that spend most of the day in the shade.

Somewhere in the mid-point of our run..

Jake eatin' some snow.

Above Spring Shores Marina