Friday, July 25, 2014

Off to Mt. St. Helens (part 2)

Wednesday July 23 - Thursday July 24th -   (Days 393- 394)

 
Today was a little cloudy and drizzly, just perfect weather for a hike. Marilyn had one all picked out for us called Goat Creek. So, after breakfast, off we went, east toward Morton. The route to the trailhead had us going up a forest service road that was extremely rough, and we were glad Gene's truck had four wheel drive.











 
The hike itself was great. We climbed through a forest and after about a half mile came to a rather unique waterfall. There was a huge rock cliff, with a cave underneath. The waterfall was like a curtain of water coming off the cliff in front of the cave and the trail went behind it. So we ducked through the water, admired the cave and went further on. The trail itself was about 5 miles roundtrip, with a lot of ups and downs but not too hard.




 
At the turn around spot, Marilyn and Gene found the creek, but Harris and Judy didn't want to wade through the mud to get to this last resting spot. 



 
We turned around and stopped at the waterfall for our lunch.







 
We just made it back to the truck when it really started to pour.
We returned to our camp, had a rest, and then ate the wonderful garlic chicken dinner that Marilyn prepared. We played cards in the evening, as we usually do. Gene won the game of “Oh, hell”.
The weather started clearing up as night approached..it'll be a sunny day tomorrow when we leave.


No comments: