Thursday afternoon, upon reaching the summit of Sugarloaf Mountain, the group earned their Pok-o Patch - one of the goals which they'd set for themselves during early planning meetings. It was a great afternoon for a hike, with near perfect conditions.
A reflection from Lulu:
To br honest, I wasn't really looking forward to this hike. We had had the overnight the night before on Pok-O-Moonshine in our effort to gain the Pok-O-Patch, and I was sick and tired of climbing mountains and being cold. So when we arrived at the Sugarloaf trail, I gazed upon it with dread, and prepared myself for another cold and arduous hike. Happily, I was proven wrong. The trail did start out on level ground, but it soon rose into a hike that wound through a forest in which it felt like we were making our own path. To add to that, Brian and Joe, the two councilors with us, would stop and point out interesting features of the forest, like the names of trees or the impact of human interference. By the time we reached the summit, I actually felt pretty good about that hike, and the stunning view that greeted us was certainly enough to make that hike worth it. All in all, it was a feeling of satisfaction that greeted me at the top of our last mountain.
Leaning about the impact of the logging industry.
Summiting Sugarloaf Mountain earns the group their Pok-o-Patch
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