Slept in a bit this morning and went for a run on what was supposed to be a flat route for a 9 miler. It was on a road north of town paralleling the river through pastures with great views of the mountains. Most of this ended up true, but I missed my turn (should have memorized the road name) and it ended up being 12 with a 2 mile stretch on the highway. Not the worst, but I was certainly dragging by mile 10.
We ate an early lunch at the Airbnb and then drove 15 minutes up to Sinks Canyon State Park. Here, a branch of the Popo Agie mysteriously disappears into the rocks, appearing a half mile downstream. They still haven't confirmed exactly the path the water takes, but additive dyes confirmed that it takes something like 2 hours to cover that distance. Pretty cool to check out.
We picked the most popular hike in Lander; a 3ish mile hike out and back to the waterfalls farther upstream. There were definitely people on the trail, but only a fraction of what we would consider "busy" trails from other hiking areas.
Dash was with and while he's done some hiking with us, honestly not a ton, and while it's comparable to walking it was still a fair amount of training to get him to move in ways we wanted him to when navigating rocky stretches, steep inclines, etc. He did pretty well overall though and loved soaking in the pools of the falls.
Supposedly, at the very top, people treat a section as a water slide. We did not see this, so we must have missed it, but it was still a great mountain hike.
Dinner was down at the Lander Brewpub, which is adjoined with the "Cowfish" restaurant downtown. They had 6 beers on tap, a couple of which we had tried the night before and another I tried with dinner. Good, if not great beer. Burgers for dinner; when in Wyoming, this is a good play. With that said, they had a solid menu and we had a great arugula side salad as well. But these are never guarantees west of the Mississippi.
Another good day out in the mountains.
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