Imagine if you will the Saturday Night Live skit with Christopher Walken demanding more cowbell as he had a fever that only more cowbell could cure … well, I may have taken a cue from that sketch because I too had a fever, however my fever could only be cured by conquering Mt Woodson. Of course I omitted the proposed cure to my boss when I called in and said I needed to take the day off.

The only part of the plan that was not executed quite right was the fact that we started hiking mid-morning/early afternoon and I discovered that I am an exclusively an early morning peaker! Just so I am clear, there was absolutely NOTHING wrong with the trail, except for my constant internal complaints. It was too hot, I wasn't as energetic as I normally am, and I could not get out of that funk! Well, until I reached the summit of course 🙂 So maybe there was something to that “fever”.

Even thought it was Friday afternoon when we reached the famous Potato Chip, there were plenty of people waiting for pictures so I decided to explore and send a few pictures to my co-workers, you know to rub it in their faces that I was “at home”, after all which one of us doesn't feel at home on a summit.

With peak #2 done for 2020, I was ready to start planning #3!