It was Mother’s Day. I thought I would invite my wife on a hike. This would be her first hike since her hip surgery. I thought a 2 mile round trip hike with 500 ft. elevation gain would be a good one for her. She thought so as well. Journey was like: Huh? Mom is coming hiking with us? Woo hoo!!
The plan: Little Robinson’s Valley Falls. Tara has never been up to Robinsons Flat before. Shocking perhaps, but all the hikes up here are very difficult, so perhaps not. Along the way, I pointed out all the significant locations: Mumford Bar, Beacroft, Ford Point, West Fork New Canyon, Tadpole, Canada Hill, Sailor Flat, New York Canyon, and finally Robinsons Flat. She was like: I don’t care. None of these places mean anything to me whatsoever (joke). I was like: But these are my favorite places in the world!
We arrived at the trailhead. No one was around at all. There was still a tiny bit of snow at the beginning but that soon disappeared. Journey had the zoomies running back and forth on the little snow patch as we started hiking. She was very happy. There were quite a few gnats but not any mosquitoes. They were a bit annoying.
It took longer than I expected hiking down to the waterfalls. Tara had trouble walking on the loose rocks and had to go very slowly. There were quite a lot of them. Journey hiked close to mom the entire way, waiting patiently for her and not running ahead. We made it down to the upper falls. It was late now so I left Journey with Tara while I quickly went down to the lower falls. I took some photos and hurried back. We had an hour to make it back up the hill before sunset. We did it, getting back to the car just as the sun was setting. Tara did very well on her first hike after surgery. It was a grand ole Mother’s Day at my favorite area in Tahoe National Forest.
