Yesterday had been rainy, and the sky looked threatening when I woke up at 5:30 this morning, but in the end I was very glad I rode out to the Takeng area to go hiking. The rain never came down, the air was clean and the views from the numbers 5 and 5-1 trails were great. Most impressive was the scenery in the distance on the opposite side of the mountain, away from T'aichung (Taijhong) 台中 and looking towards what I think was the town of Hsinshe (Sinshe) 新社. The few numbers of hikers out on the trails also encouraged a lot of the local wildlife to make its presence known, including one bold pheasant out looking for breakfast. All in all, it was a great 2 hours and 57 minutes, and 10,059 steps.
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