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Found only one swan today.
It was way down the road from where the two
usually hang out. |
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Counted around 50 elk in this herd.
There were elk scattered all the way to the
Boxley Trailhead |
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Arriving at Broadwater Hollow Tailhead |
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Buffalo National River Partners and
TAKAHIK
(Bill and Gerry Hemmer were leading the BNRP
as far as Mud Cave. We would head on down to
Thunder Canyon.) |
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Before we even get started we had
water to cross. |
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Our first little waterfall |
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A nice rock opening to hike through. |
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Just above Paige Falls |
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Paige Falls in the bright sunshine. |
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Photo opt |
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This waterfall is coming out of a
small hole |
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This is what is looks like from a
distance |
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Devil's Cave |
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Devil's Cave
You would not want to fall in this hole! |
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Checking out the Sink Hole
(Amazing hole and deep!) |
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Sink Hole with water running deep
inside of it. |
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Takagnome was a little nervous
standing up there! |
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A steep moss covered ridged rock |
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Heading on down to Cecil Creek |
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Primative Campsite, but pretty nice. |
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Looking across Bartlet Cove at a cave
in the hillside |
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Cave opening across Bartlett Cove |
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Mrs. Hale |
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Our first official creek
crossing...not bad! |
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Dave checking out Bartlet Cove as it
intersects Cecil Creek |
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This would be a great place for a
campsite. |
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Ah, and here it is!
We thought we would enjoy it for awhile. |
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Brenda, Danny and Takagnome |
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David and Lila |
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Shawn and LaDona |
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Once we figured out where we were....
we would continue.... |
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Time to leave and find Thunder Canyon
Falls |
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We finally arrive at an actual
trail...
but to avoid two more creek crossings we headed up
a hillside and bushwhacked over to the entrance to
Thunder Canyon. |
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It was obvious that spring was here. |
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Entrance to Thunder Canyon |
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This was not going to be easy, as we
soon found out! |
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We would have to head up another steep
hillside
on the south side to access the canyon.
It was rocky, steep and slick in places. |
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Finally, after many hand and knee
scrambles,
we are getting close to the falls. |
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Brenda was glad to see some "flat"
terrain! |
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Our first sighting of Thunder Canyon
Falls,
way back in there! |
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When we got to the falls, there was a
scout
troop there from Missouri. We thought we
would be the only ones! |
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Thunder Canyon Falls was really
flowing today and getting to it was
very slick....ask some of the folks! |
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Thunder Canyon Falls |
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Takagnome enjoyed looking from a
distance. |
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LaDona, after her slippery visit to
the falls. |
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Time for lunch before heading back... |
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We would head up the hillside to get
back... |
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We caught up with the scout group
before
very long... |
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We took a different route back....
this time we crossed a few creeks. |
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When there are logs to cross, we
crossed! |
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Lila was really wanting to jump in the
water. |
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We stopped at Mud Cave on the way back
out. |
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We looked but didn't touch!!! |
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Our last stop before heading UP and
OUT! |
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By this time, Takagnome was getting
hungry!
Ozark Cafe here we come. |
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Did I mention, UP hill? |
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One last creek to cross and OUT! |
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Can you guess where we are now? |
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Is that a Volcano Burger? |
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We had a great
day, perfect weather and the
rewards are worth it all! |
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