|
Cedar Creek / Mather Lodge 02/14/09 |
|
|
|
|
|
Mather Lodge |
We will return to this....later! |
Enjoying the fireplace before the cold hike. |
|
|
|
|
|
Ron and Tom heading out |
....and some of the rest of us |
Our first creek to cross |
|
...and our first stop |
|
Arriving at Cedar Creek Falls overlook |
|
Catching up .... always fun! |
||
|
|
They dared to enter .... we would have to keep a close watch on these girls today! |
....and this is part of the reason why! |
|
Our first look at Cedar Creek Falls |
||
|
|
It was a bit slippery |
|
|
Heading down to Cedar Creek |
...did I mention slippery? |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bill always exploring! |
Enjoying Cedar Creek |
The Hales |
|
Approaching our bridge crossing |
Some of us on the bridge |
|
|
Pam and Rhonda on the bridge |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
Looking up Cedar Creek |
Hiking on the Boy Scout Trail |
|
Leaving the bridge ... or could you figure that out for yourself? |
||
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
Our first grotto |
Frank and Pam |
Dale explaining something or maybe not! |
|
|
Tom and Ron |
|
|
Ann ... well bundled up |
Dale |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pam, Brenda and Rhonda |
...and now onward we go |
...and down we go |
|
|
|
|
|
A nice starburst pictograph |
Down to the observation deck |
...and it was a bit slippery too! |
|
|
|
|
|
This could mean trouble for us! |
Some of us on the observation deck |
Someone trying to make a point ... I guess you can figure it out? |
|
|
|
Oh, it's Pam .... and we had three Pams today
|
|
Cedar Creek Falls from the deck |
Someone taking a picture of the falls |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Back view .... front view. |
What are they doing? ...... Oh! |
Looking at something, not sure what! |
|
Looking for more pictographs |
|
|
|
Bruce holding the cave up for us while we search. |
||
|
|
|
Inside Rock House Cave |
|
What are they looking at? |
Oh! |
|
|
|
|
|
Ah, another pictograph |
I agree! |
Taking a picture of taking a picture |
|
|
Heading back |
A stressed pine |
|
From inside out |
||
|
Our trip back was much faster .... why? FOOD! |
...and back across the bridge |
|
|
One last look at Cedar Creek |
||
|
Some nice oxidation on the bluff |
Last one across the bridge has to pay! |
|
|
Back on the narrow path |
||
|
|
|
|
|
...and on the slippery rocks |
Barbara making fast time |
...and a shortcut up the hill |
|
|
|
Our two new friends ... Philip and Jill |
|
What's in those pill bottles? Huh? |
Ah, this is what Valentine's Day is all about .... well maybe not all! |
|
|
|
|
|
|
It was a good day, a good hike and now for some good food! |
Pam paying! |
Pam leaving before she had to pay for someone else's! |
|
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY |
||
|
|
||
