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| Putting on a second layer of sunscreen - 30 spf this time | Stopping on the bike trail to watch the kayakers | Kayaks in the river | Keith! | |||
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| Some of the bike trail is under the road above | left to right, Bob, Sue, Ann | Didn't see any kayaks through here! | ||||
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| Dam just below Hanging Lake rest area | About to start hiking. There were a lot of dogs on the trail in spite of the sign, but all on leash and all well-behaved | Steep trail - only 1.2 miles long but 1000 feet elevation gain | Steep uphill in the sunshine | |||
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| taking a break about .5 miles up | Waterfalls... | Still steep, but in the shade now | Lots of butterflies | |||
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| Bob's too hot and is about to... | dunk his head in the stream | Gorgeous waterfall | ||||
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| Ann straight ahead on the path; the stairs go straight up after that. | Awwwww.... | |||||
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| Awwwww.... ^2 | Da Lake! | Gorgeous boardwalk around the lake's edge | ||||
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| Lots of litte fish in the lake | ||||||
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| All the way around to the right side of the lake... | You can walk in and under the waterfall | |||||
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| You can just barely see the rainbow in the middle | Hike further up to the Spout | |||||
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| Amazing sight | Behind the waterfall, erosion makes interesting tiny caves | |||||
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| moss! | Bob | ||||