Golden Gate Hike 1-14-10

First thing encountered was a pretty hungry coyote. He seemed pretty focused even though I was parked about 30yds from him. I have Louie with me, our trusty dusty terrier.





There is a coyote explosion here in the Colorado foothills pushing more and more into the open like this. Here is a still of him eating.














After hiking from the parking area its a steep downhill following a drainage, its easy to go farther than you can get back so I marked a good turn back spot













A nice view as I continue down the trail
















A distant shot at the Indian peaks area. Looks to be pretty passable right now.













Here we are the lou miester and me. There was much going on. A twig snap here and branch break there. Heightened alert protecting the homestead. That is our job. To be continued.