Oyster Dome

After days of entertaining guests, eating cookies, drinking wine and being otherwise cooped up in the house, I was so ready for some fresh air and sunshine. I headed up to Oyster Dome for my first visit and was not disappointed. The PNT section of the trail is in excellent shape. The Talus trail started to get a bit muddy and I had my Chihuahua with me as my hiking companion so I turned back from the top about 1/4 mile short and headed back to the viewpoint. My furry friend and I shared a PB&J sandwich at the viewpoint and soaked in the view of all the islands and the gorgeous sun which was sitting low in the sky and blinding in the best OMG-hit-me-with-your-best-shot way, how-much-longer-'til-Summer sort of way. In fact, between the sun and the fact that my body temp was elevated due to the climb, I almost began to think it was summer until I noticed that the sun was getting close to setting and it was 4pm. I highly recommend this hike if you're up for some climbing. It's a great choice for a winter walk.