Exploring Blue Mountain

Hi everyone!  Yesterday, in preparation for Mount Rainier and the Climb for Peace with Justice, I got out for some trail running - ok, jogging - alright jogging/walking/panting - up to Hayes Point on Blue Mountain, a recreation area just west of town.

It's a neck of the woods I haven't fully explored and was very pretty, with lush green grass and brilliant yellow wildflowers in the lower elevations and higher up a sweet view of Missoula and the Bitterroot valley.

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Once again, I was able to record the route with the GPS on my phone, although I left it on by accident when I drove home... I was able to edit my drive out of the map, but not the elevation profile.  No, I didn't actually jog for 13 miles.  :)