Sunday, August 21, 2011

Two Trips

Over the past month, we had two outings. First, we camped near Tenderfoot Creek not too far from the Smith River. My great grandfather and grandfather had a place on the Smith River. While looking on the map, we saw a spring named Robertson Springs and wondered....
View of Eagle Park






Next we went into the Wise River Country in the West Pioneers. There were so many hiking trails and so much to do. We dug for crystals at crystal mountain. There was a ghost town to visit and two different hot springs. It was impossible to do everything. Because there is so much to do, there were a lot of people in the area. However, the only people Sheryl and I saw on the hike we took were firefighters. Someone had left a campfire burning at Bobcat Lake and a crew went into fight the fire. I'm pretty sure the reason we saw so few people is that the hike was a grunt. We gained almost 2000 feet in elevation and then went down. Then the trail took a sharp uphill. We didn't go in all the way because I was worried we would be too spent to make it back out.



The destination



The hiking partners



The trail was rocky.


The firefighters. The guy with the mustache is the boss. They run the crew with military discipline. And I noticed that the girls can't keep up with the guys for all of the women's lib proposition that women and men can always have the same jobs.





4 comments:

MT Missy said...

Beautiful scenery....except for the firefighters: they looked a little scruffy :)

Unknown said...

so cool! I love reading about your adventures! Kael and i really enjoyed the firefighter characters. I want to go to Robertson springs! :)

Unknown said...

Give the firefighters a break. They hot footed it into that fire in one and a half hours and were completely exhausted when they got there. They put out the fire. Then, they had to stay over night at a lake at over 8000 feet. Where we were camped it was 31F that morning, so I don't even want to think about the morning temperature at 8800 ft. In the morning the firefighters found fishing line and a lure to catch some trout for breakfast to supplement their MREs. Then they had to hike out.

Prudence said...

Wow! Thanks for sharing that info about the firefighters. That's tough work. I'll stop complaining about the cold!!!! That's freezing! I'm glad they were all okay.

I love your pics. It is still so green there! What a great summer. Miss you!