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SAM'S THRONE & BEYOND 3/4/17

Parking on Hwy. 123 to begin our hike....

Heading down to Valley of the Blind

Found some rock climbers down there...

...or way up there!

Us at Valley of the Blind

Rock face almost looks like the State of Arkansas

Our first tunnel....

Had to stop Elizabeth or she would have climbed
out of site....

Some amazing bluffs


...and yet another tunnel


Our first look at Sam's Throne across the way
 
   
One of the bigger caves
 
 
Found an old relic in the cave...!!!!!
 
 
 
Dana, Rob and Kathy
 
 
Another shelter
 
Taking a "shortcut" up and out from below the bluffs
 
 
Stopped back by our vehicles....
 
Now headed along the top of the bluffs to
Chickenhead Access
 
 
 
Danny point to where we just came from....
 
Heath
 
Dana, James, Lila and Joe
 
Rob and Dana....they will be leading a
hike here next Saturday
 
Linda and her crew
 
Mike, Linda, David and Carleigh
 
John
 
Mike
 
Met a lady and her dog along the way
 
 
James and Rob
 
 
 
Lila is always smiling
 
 
Our next view of Sam's Throne
 
James...headed to Haiti next week
 
Looking for a place out of the wind to eat lunch
 
Linda found a nice quiet and un-windy place
 
Some just enjoyed the sunshine
 
It had been pretty roughed so-far....ready for
the "easy" part of the hike?
 
 
Carleigh kept us entertained with her "jokes"
 
 
 
I disturbed Elizabeth from her nap!
 
 
 
 
 
Carleigh had a lot to share today....
it was a lot of fun...thanks Carleigh
 
Us with Sam's Throne in the background
 
Us with their backs turned to me....
a fellow could get his feeling hurt?
   
Down the Dog-Walk
 
...and through our first Bear Crack
If Steve can get through, everyone
can do it...!

 
   
 
Brenda headed to Sam's Throne
   
 
 
Cave under Chickenhead Access
 
 
 
 
Someone disfiguring the bluffs below Sam's Throne
 
This is where all the rock climbers were today
 
....so we thought we would take our turn
 
We had to wait in line to take our turn
 
   


Finally on top....

Elizabeth taking a nap again.....!

The sun felt good today

Watching rock climbers

Rock climbers

Carleigh was a busy little girl

She was quite good....

Us on top of Sam's Throne

When you go up, you have to go down

Dana and Rob waiting their turn


We forgot about Gary and John????

Linda didn't even use the rope

Once all were down, it was time to head
back to our vehicles

....the last part was a steep climb up the old road.
(This was my last picture....memory card was full)

Map of our adventure