There's a mountain not too far from where I live where, at the top, there is the ruins of an old hotel (from the early 1900s) and some leftover stuff from an old railroad line that was there a long time ago. It's about 3 miles to get to the top of the mountain. I've gone on this trail about 4-5 times over the past year with friends of mine, but we could never make it to the top. Now, a 6 mile walk isn't that far in general, but when the first 3 of those miles are an uphill climb, it's more of a challenge, and I hadn't yet made it to the top.

So one of my new years' resolutions (the others being to take more fashion risks and to spend more time with my family) was to conquer this mountain. Well, with huge blisters on my heels (that sadly appeared about 2 miles up, even with the blister block I always put on before a hike) I made it up to the top. The last mile or so was no joke...and I wanted to turn back several times. One time I actually did turn around as if to start heading down, but then I decided to ignore the pain and just power through. It was not easy at all, but I made it! It was a nice feeling of victory - conquering the mountain.

About halfway up you cross through those big metal powerline towers. It's kind of cool, actually. If you've ever wondered what it looks like from underneath one, here ya go:
 

You can see one side of the windy trail it takes to get up the mountain (there's more on the other side of the mountain too). This picture was taken about 2 miles up, with 1 more mile to get to the top.

There are ruins and old railroad stuff at the top.

Yay!!! One resolution down.

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