Bald on Bald

Check this out - this is a "bald" and there are several of them - basically a football field on the side of the mountain - my understanding is that they put these in a long time ago to be able to graze their animals. Nice break mentally from all the timber. After this - we lost 3,000 feet of elevation in 12 miles - though most of it came at the end - which murders the knees. Mentally it hurts - giving up elevation that quickly when it took so long to gain it. Stopped at the N.O.C. as we heard a big storm was moving in - split a room, and some beers with The Breeze. The next day we went from 1,700 feet to 4,700 feet in 6 miles - that's tough - and again picking up the elevation that we just gave up the night before. Hurts mentally. Up and down, Up and down. Caught up with 8-10 people that started before me.