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Tuesday, November 12th we took a walk at Lapham Peak. It has quite a few trails, some follow ridge lines and some go up and down hills and valleys. We walked a ridgeline for nearly a mile before we dipped back down to the valley where the parking lot is. It was good to get out, to get away from the TV and all the noise in our heads.

It's hard for me to show the ridge line. It's not terribly high, my phone said an elevation gain of 38 feet but I forgot to turn on my app until we were halfway through our walk.

Coming down from the ridge to the valley, one enters a nice stand of pines.

Looking back at the pines

Today, Wednesday the 13th was another good day so we walked in West Bend. Maybe you have guessed hubby is between jobs right now, so we have lots of time to walk. I told hubby I wanted to start the walk at the west end of the parking lot (new trail for us). According to my app we had a 34 foot elevation gain. These daily, or almost daily walks have really helped as I can walk right up these things with only stopping once to rest now.

Looking back at the beginning of the walk up.

Someone's old outdoor fireplace?

Our decent back down to the river trail.

One of our favorite stops, the grassy area.

Looking back at the trail from the grassy area.

Next stop, the waterfall and these two trees. I've taken pictures of them in spring, summer, fall and winter. This is the most desolate I've ever seen them.

Standing near the waterfall and looking north, toward the parking lot.

A noisy squirrel was scolding us. 

My favorite picture from this walk.

The red dot is where we parked. The green dot is where I remembered to turn on my app, so that is just past the beginning of our walk.

Elevation gain, 34 feet.

I had a scare when I learned yesterday that my daughter ended up in the ER with a painful case of diverticulitis. She is on antibiotics that make her nauseous, so she also has anti-nausea medicine. I have been so worried about her because she is mostly too sick to talk, mostly from needing to sleep. I told her I will do all the cooking and any cleaning she needs when we go there on Saturday.