Did some crappy star pictures from the logjam. It was kinda hazy, so they didn't really turn out.
The morning was nice enough though, very still water.
Or at least it was, until this guy started paddling around in the inflatable raft he lugged up there...
We then took the time required to properly photograph the awesome waterfall.
It's one of my favorite waterfalls in Washington, I think it's the biggest attraction on this hike.
A bunch of us made plans to go backpacking memorial day weekend, and it turned out that various spring storms dumped many extra feet of snow in the mountains, and our weather has been unseasonably cold and wet anyway, so it got bagged. I did homework on the worst days, but sunday turned out to be kinda nice, so I went for a dayhike with Dyan.
My goals were to scout out the Suiattle River Road (which has been seeing some maintenance lately), because it's where a number of previously famous scenic hikes used to leave from, but the road had some washouts.
It's a pretty road, and past the ONE washout, the road is actually in BETTER shape than the road up to the washout. I plan on fixing my mountain bike and taking a stroll some day.
We walked about 5 miles in and sat on the river bank for lunch. We found this remarkable rock that was too heavy to carry all the way back. It's all quartz that probably filled some crack in a bigger rock, which had a big bubble also... then that original rock has split and washed away, leaving this sweet quartz...thing behind. Would have made a great doorstop.
Buck Creek, at the buck creek campground.
MORE GEOLOGY!?!? A huge boulder with some freakishly sinuous folding.
Columbines
Since we're awesome, and the road was flat and clear we made damned good time, and were back at the car at about 2:30. With so much daylight left we decided to scout out more trails. Squire creek pass was close, and has trad climbing routes Dyan was interested in.
On the way in we saw a BEAR! Looked like he was eating the berries on the side of the road. He must have been young, because he had an amazingly clear and even coat of fur... I decided that there should be bear shows (like a dog show), and I would enter this guy (who I've named Grills), and I would win.
An old growth cedar up in the hills
This is the climb she was interested in....use the trees for scale... too scary!
This was shot out my car window.
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