Hike in Shell Ridge

We have always wanted to hike up in Shell Ridge, but for some reason we have never done it. We come arcross the different trail heads all the time in service and always think "we need to hike here"...well Saturday evening was finally the day. We had been in service Saturday morning and finally tracked down a call from last year on Sutherland Drive and at the end of the road there was a trail head, so that is where we came back later in the day and started. We intended this to be just a quick outing mainly to get the kids out of the house and let them burn off some energy. However, I learned from my grandpa years ago, that once you are on a ridge, sometimes you have to go for a while before there's a safe place to come down. There were lots of surprises along the way that made it go by quickly and the view....wow!




There are more pics here.