{"id":1160,"date":"2013-03-02T20:20:26","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T03:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peachylife.net\/blog\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2013-03-02T20:20:26","modified_gmt":"2013-03-03T03:20:26","slug":"winter-at-tamanawas-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2013\/03\/02\/winter-at-tamanawas-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter at Tamanawas Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"

I haven’t been up to the mountain in two months, what with other commitments and a wretched cold at the beginning of February that knocked me flat. Worst cold I’ve had in a LONG time. Weeks ago my sis and I had marked this Saturday on our calendars as a snowshoe day, and even though it looks like tomorrow will be better for it she works on Sundays and I have a class, so today was the day!<\/p>\n

We headed over to Tamanawas Falls and found the lot empty when we pulled in shortly before 10:00. As we packed up to hit the trail I realized that I forgot my camera. I have never done that before. Nuts! Well, I’d have to rely on my Droid RAZR.<\/p>\n

We could see that the snow was hard packed so we left our snowshoes in the car, put on our Yak Trax, and set off.<\/p>\n

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Navigating the bridge was tricky. A ridge of frozen snow ran the length of it.<\/p>\n

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A fallen tree knocked out the railings on the west side of the bridge. It’s amazing that it didn’t take out the whole bridge.<\/p>\n

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Down the snowy trail. Oh that came out so dark! I’ll never forget my camera again!<\/p>\n

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Crossing Cold Spring Creek:<\/p>\n

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Observing the way that snow has piled up and then melted on tops of logs and rocks was really interesting:<\/p>\n

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I love this creek!<\/p>\n

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There was a sketchy section where the snow trail skirted this hillside and became very very narrow. I took this picture on our way out, although it doesn’t really convey how tricky it was to get around that tree.<\/p>\n

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And then we reached the falls. Ah, lovely!<\/p>\n

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The camera on the Droid (or any smart phone for that matter) does not provide a wider angle like I’m used to. This is a stitch of two horizontal shots.<\/p>\n

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We didn’t linger long since Deb had to work this afternoon. We had encountered no one on the hike in and we encountered no one on the hike out. It was such a mild day (probably about 40 degrees) that we saw a family having a picnic at the trailhead picnic table!<\/p>\n

Goodbye, winter! I’m done with snow for the season and I’m off in search of sunshine and wildflowers until next winter. I’m SO excited for this:<\/p>\n

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