Not a good way to start of hike.....
Arriving at Fern Gully
The Fern Gully Gang
Getting down into Fern Gully
Steep but doable
The creek was up and running today....
There was even a waterfall.....
The first part of Fern Gully had a marked trail....
....but after awhile, we were on our own.
We would climb up and down to get to some of
the neat rock features.
This we named "Bubba Cave"
We found some "bubba teeth" here a few years ago.
These are the bubba teeth we found in 2007.
There were rock climber areas everywhere.
Someone is looking for Rusty?
Lots of cracks and crevices
....and a bunch we had to climb through
Lots of fun for some of us....?
We had a friend come out and greet us....
When it started drizzling we, ground an overhang
to get under....
Lots of passageways
and spider traps
and thong trees
This is why they call this Fern Gully, or maybe not?
Waiting for folks to catch up....
wherever they are?
....another passageway
...and even more....
Sometimes we got up high and wondered how
to get down?
Nathan had a good time....I think?
This tree was amazing...it had fallen years ago, up
against a rock...then it sprouted a branch that
finally grew into a large limb.....
Squirrel Head Tree
Tree holding up this large rock bluff...
One of several times to cross the creek
Looking up the creek
...lots of rock hopping to get across
Looking up at some rock climbers
Watching the rock climbers
One of the rock climbers
The Bear Crack
Bottom of The Bear Crack
Looking down into Fern Gully
Made it out just in time for lunch
Yep, lunch time....
Sonya's dogs had special treatment,
eating with a spoon
We did a little mudding on the way out....
