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The play list

2010-05-06T22:02:00.000-07:00

I once made a play list for this really beautiful girl. It was fun trying to pick out the right songs to accurately say what I was thinking, how she made me feel and relate it all to us. Anyway she is the most awe inspiring woman I have ever met, and if you haven't yet we should get together. Lets just say the play list must have worked.

I love you Tiffanie, 98 days from today!!!!

South for the Winter

2010-02-15T21:32:00.000-08:00

Head South for the Winter

It really is a good philosophy, and after trying it for myself I can see why countless birds, whales and the elderly do it every year.

This year I got the chance to travel to San Fransisco and San Diego for a few days each. In San Diego I got a chance to hang out with my beautiful fiance. Wanting to capitalize on our time Tiffanie and I went to Birch Aquarium at SCRIPPS with my good friend Chelsae.

Mmmm, lobster

Next stop the great San Diego Zoo

I think that elephant is eyeballin her cookie

Tiffanie is on the right with her camera at the ready, Amber is on the left and that's right both are looking at the bird passing through the zoo. Dusty and I watched these two bounce around the zoo they paid to get into taking pictures of birds that were not part of attractions. Oh how I love her.

In my travels I went to the Golden Gate area, and then went to spend some time on the rock

Want to experience a national park in another language, it only cost $1

How Pumpkin Pie really came about

2009-11-18T20:36:00.000-08:00

Well we all knew the pumpkin came before the pie but this puts a new spin on it.

Crater Lake Marathon

2009-11-12T13:16:00.000-08:00

Back in August a friend and I drove down to Crater Lake, Oregon for the Crater Lake Rim Run. It is a marathon distance race (26.2 miles) that runs around the rim drive in the park giving you a spectacular view as you go.
A photo from the East rim looking into the setting sun the night after the race.

The day before and the morning of the race there was a very thick layer of fog that was surrounding the area, it was also quit cold through out the area, especially for August.

The day before the run we spent some time touring around the park and attempting to see the sights. The fog made such sights a bit hard to see.
During the race the sun burnt through the fog, it then managed to burn me as I sweat off all my sun block in the first few miles.

However it did manage to rain on us almost every night

Wagons West

2009-09-22T21:10:00.000-07:00

So pointing west mom and I streaked across the continent. We took a straight shot across just north of the route dad and I had taken a few weeks earlier. The first really cool place we came to was Badlands National Park

Baylee enjoyed the views as the rolled by from the comfort of her palace.

After applying adequate amounts of sunscreen Mom and I went for a short hike to check out this cool rock formation.

After enjoying all of the wonders of the park we stopped long enough to eat a picnic lunch. Then shortly after we were in the truck again. Still headed west.

For dinner we ate lake side in the heart Grand Tetons National Park on the shores of Jenny Lake.

The view for breakfast was about 2/3's the way up Signal Mountain.

Oh and if I forgot to mention my mother spent her first night in a tent in at least 20 years!

Baylee loved her breakfast with a view but wished there had more of it.

My cute little Mini Mom atop Signal Mt

Baylee and her loyal servant on top of Signal Mt.

A few days and plenty on miles later we made it back to Astoria, OR. After a day or two's rest we decided to take the kayaks for a paddle. We hit the John Day River.

Summer time in Michigan

2009-09-02T22:23:00.000-07:00

So after a few days of hanging out with the family Tiffanie and I headed north to Canada. We were up there a few days to collect data for her masters project. On our trip we stopped at Tahquamenon Falls State Park in the northern peninsula.

Here we are on the steps to the northern falls, as a word of warning it is not advised to look directly at the legs. Just try to focus on the cute doggy or beautiful woman.

This photo shows why myself and countless other children called them the Root Beer falls.

And our way home we stopped at Point Iriquois Lighthouse on the southern shore of Lake Superior

Tiffanie decided to to sneak Shadow up the light tower so he could see the view from the top.

Shadow looking down the steps that he could now see trough as he walked down them.
It took a bit of prompting but he made it.

Heading out on the water to find the birds for Tiffanie's project

Heading Home

2009-08-10T18:54:00.000-07:00

It all started with a boat. In May my father bought a boat, it was a nice 17ft wood hauled project boat. The problem is that it was is Astoria, Oregon where I live. Not Grand Rapids, Michigan where my father lives. His easy solution was he would fly out and "We" would drive the boat with MY truck. Not being one to turn down a road trip agreed, on the condition that he paid for the gas and food both ways.

Here is the maiden voyage of dad's new boat. The trailer it was on when he bought was a big hunk of rust so we had to float her to switch trailers.

The first stop on our trip was at Multnomah Falls, it is a large set of waterfalls on the banks of the Columbia River Gorge.

The next stop on our trip was Des Moines, Iowa to see Tiffanie's family. We all met at Bravos, a very nice Italian restaurant that we all enjoyed.

However before we could get back on the road dad with the help of Tiffanie's Father and Step-Father changed out the second tire of the trip that had shed it's tred

Baylee did a great job of supervising the whole event

The beach this weekend

2009-05-24T17:59:00.000-07:00

As I pulled into my driveway and climbed out of my truck my neighbor called down and asked if I'd been to the beach. To which I replied yes I had. Then he asked which one I had been to knowing with all the holiday traffic I would probably hide on some hard to reach portion of the beach only accessible by a long and hard to find hike. So you can imagine the puzzled look on his face when I replied, all of them.
Then to put his mind at rest I gave an explination that matched the route below.

2009-05-24T17:57:00.001-07:00

24/05/2009 Route
Find more Runs in Seaside, Oregon

Long time coming

2009-05-02T22:42:00.000-07:00

A few months back Tiffanie flew in to town for a visit, and my birthday. We had a great time together, the following area few pictures we took along the way.

The two of us atop Saddle Mt

Baylee and I holding position as Tiffanie stalks some beach loving birds.

Baylee watching as two silly humans sneak up of a flock of shore birds.

You cant really see them in this photo but the intermittent brown line between the water and sand is all birds.

Two love birds at Ecola Park, Cannon Beach, OR.

A mature Common loon in the Newport Harbor.

A juvenile common loon who was putting a hurting on the local bait fish population.

Tiffanie took this one, I can't tell you what type of cormorant it is but I love the colors in this photo. It is just so liquid.

Walking down the path towards Heceta Head Light house we came across a 56ft whale that had washed up earlier that day. He smelled a bit but made for some great photo's.

Resting atop the Yaquina Head lighthouse Tiffanie took some shots of the lens my father could tell you all about. I as I like to do took a few of her, then upon noticing took a few of me.

The floor of the lens chamber had these cool honeycomb glass patterns in it to allow light to the lower portions of the light tower.

A parting shot for you taken by Tiffanie

from the Oregon coast

Let a sleeping dog run

2009-03-25T20:18:00.000-07:00

Hope you enjoyed

Silcox Hut

2009-03-19T12:11:00.000-07:00

So every winter our shop does a trip up to Mt Hood, where we stay at the Silcox Hut. It is a great cabin at about 7000ft. Which is about 1000ft above Timberline Lodge.

To get you up from the lodge you can either hike up or you can catch a ride in one of there big old snowcats

Here we see the main portion of the lodge where we ate, drank and played poker until the wee hours of the morning. Connected to this portion was the bunkrooms.

So we all met at Timberline lodge early to mid Friday and snowboarded until about 4 o'clock. Caught the snowcat up the mountain to the hut where we ate a great meal of spare ribs with all the extras.

We also enjoyed a few drinks or two

After dinner we played cards, sat by the fire, at one point there was a guitar brought out, more food and drink, then some poker

Next morning it was back to the slopes

Dressed for success

2009-01-27T21:53:00.000-08:00

On one of our walks Baylee and I spotted this pair of male green winged teals feeding in pond. Upon looking them up in my trusty Sibley guide I noted that these drakes were in breeding plumage.

Heading down the trail a bit farther we happened upon a few more well dressed gentlemen who it seems had already had a bit of luck with the ladies.

A finely dressed hooded merganser with his crest raised

In this picture the merganser on the left has his crest lowered while the one on the right has his half way, the two of them were swimming around raising and lowering their crests and bobbing their heads up and down.

In the next few photos you can see them circling the girls they seem to be pursuing

If you listened carefully you could even hear a few cheesy pickup lines.

The whole while I'm taking pictures of the hooded mergansers I was accompanied by this little song sparrow who was foraging about two feet from my foot

Passing by base

2009-01-27T21:34:00.000-08:00

Driving past one of our fine military installations one sunny day I noticed a herd of large ungulates walking toward the gate looking as though they were going to enter. Maybe they were just headed on base to stop by the exchange for some ice cream.

The herd numbering about fifty strong, they seemed not to mind that there was a gate and armed personnel waiting to check there ID's
As the largest of the herd, the one appearing to be the alpha slowly turned and trotted the other direction the rest of the herd followed suit

Looking back to see if there were any stragglers he noticed the teenagers of the herd still milling about wondering what all those two legged creatures were doing and why they were flashing

Tiffanie's move to Michigan

2009-01-27T18:14:00.000-08:00

So one cold and breezy night I landed in Des Moines, IA. While my luggage simultaneously landed in Atlanta, Ga. Thankfully Tiffanie and her family were at the airport to cheer me up.

Wearing the attire of someone who left a climate in the mid 40's I was a bit cold as we walked from the car into the restaurant while a 2 degree wind tried to freeze my breath. Sitting down to dinner I met Tiffanie's mother, step father, her brother and his daughter, her sister with her husband and daughter, and her grandparents. After dinner we headed off to her fathers for the night. The next few days were spent packing, and meeting family. Then the night before we left my luggage did arrive. So a U Haul full of college text books, a parrot in the back seat and a tree in the trunk and we were off.

A short 10 or so hours later we arrived at Tiffanie's new apartment where my parents met to help us unpack. After introducing our parents to each others we did a rapid unpack and headed off to the Olive Garden for a really late dinner.

Here you see one hard working unpacking crew

Having fun cleaning TiHa's deer

Always having fun in the kitchen

Out to dinner with my parents at one of Grand Rapids greatest restaurants.

Graydons Crossing.

She's short but we love her.

Yup those two guys must be blood, they got the same cheesy grin.

Enjoying a nice walk through the woods as the snow fell

As with the Thanksgiving trip home we saw grandma and had bagel dogs.

For more on this grand adventure and more please see Tiffanies blog and check out the entry "A new year a new home" http://t1f.blogspot.com/

Snowy Days

2009-01-27T17:32:00.000-08:00

It was told to me that we get very few snowy days here in Astoria. So on a nicer one of the few Baylee and I ventured out to see the sites.Found some cool old pier pilings

Getting High at work

2008-12-28T18:12:00.000-08:00

Get your mind out of the bong water, its not what you think.

Mission Complete, Time to Eat

2008-12-28T17:36:00.000-08:00

So if you've read through the right post on Tiffanie's blog you've read about Bagel Dogs.

What you don't realize is just what you're missing out on. So to help you out I did my best

to reproduce these little pieces of heaven.

First prep your dough with the add in's you want, such as sesame seed, poppy seeds and garlic

Next you must boil your risen dough.

Then wrap your pre-cooked German style dogs in the dough and sprinkle with a little cheese, and bake.

Mission Complete, its time to eat!

Last ride of '08

2008-12-21T02:45:00.000-08:00

It was really mild day in early December when I jumped on Aphrodite for the last ride of 2008. Heading south on highway 101 I turned around as the sun dipped behind the hills of the west coast. The following are a couple of the shots I took along the ride

The tiny dots on the waves are surfers. Yes, even into December we are crazy enough to plung into the surf in hopes of a few good waves.

Recoil

2008-12-21T00:55:00.000-08:00

So a friend of mine came over the other last night and we got in a heated debate.

When you pull the trigger of any firearm you without a doubt feel its recoil. This much in known, But our debate was not over this simple fact, it was over whether or not you ever felt the true power of the projectile. The brute force of the gun powder unleashing its strength. The searing pain as it takes a life.

As a true hunter I lean towards the side of one who says yes you do. It is present in the strength we gain from eating our harvest. Warming us as we wrap our persons in its hide.

As a true pessimist my friend took the side of one who uses a firearm as not a tool but as a weapon. Reasoning that the criminal who guns down the innocent does not feel the truth of what he does but rather dismisses it and plays into his own greed. He selfishly takes what is not his and moves on.

Then rebutting with the the grief and regret that must catch up with someone who lives a lifestyle above the law I made my case that these were not the reasons for which our forefathers created such firearms.

To which my friend countered such conditions were the same reason our new president elect, and vice president elect wish to raise ammo and firearm taxes FIVE hundred percent!

So at the end of the night it was a draw between the two of us.

So I ask you, when you take a life is it in respect for a creature that you may prosper from its lose of life or is it greed upon which you act.

The photo that spawned the debate.

This blog is in part due to my good friend who finally came to visit

Sailor Jerry

A woman of Intrigue

2008-12-04T13:58:00.000-08:00

I can not explain this woman in the words of our language. I'm positive there are plenty of ways in other language to compliment her beauty, to draw words from her spirit, or to do her figure justice. In those languages the words needed may even flow from the pen.

Forming poetry in the purest sense.

In our language though I can only find one word that begins to come close.

She is a woman of intrigue.

Fun with Helicopters

2008-12-03T21:26:00.000-08:00

So over the last few weeks I've been on a number of flights. Here are some of the Photos

from my adventures

Home for some Turkey

2008-11-30T17:15:00.001-08:00

This adventure began like many do, in an airport. Not so much the departing airport but the arriving one. Tiffanie and I were flying into Grand Rapids on different carriers from different cities yet we were arriving within 3 minutes of each other. Tiffanie at the A terminal and me at the B terminal, So we met my parents who were there to pick us up in the middle.

After introductions we were off to see grandma.

Taking fun photos at the Fredrich Meijer Gardens

Where do you find a wreath that gigantic

Is the bear smiling because he's happy to see us or because he sees his next meal?

Desert Flowers

Riding the Merry-Go-Round at the Grand Rapids Public Museum

For those of us lucky enough to have seen some of Tiffanie's photos, most have wondered how she does it. Well here is a little insight as to how she captures some of those awe inspiring shots.

First step is to find you subject. Make sure the lighting is right.

Get right up close. Select your focal point.

Then laugh at the goofball your hiking with as he just points and shoots.

For those of you who haven't been lucky enough to see her work yet check out the link to her site at the top right of mine under Field Days

Tristen the Explorer and I

My cousin Tristen, Little sister Marya and I

Towards the end of our stay in Michigan we got about 2in of snow. Sadie talked Tiffanie and I get out and enjoying this snow for a few hours

The Most Beautiful Woman

2008-11-12T20:13:00.000-08:00

Hiking the short trail from the parking lot we came to the beautiful Young's River Falls. As Baylee investigated the area for things that may be food, we picked our way over to the rocks. Finding a nice perch we sat a while and watched the small fish jump at the base of the fall.
As I had only know this wonderful woman a short time I could only speculate as to what was going on behind those deep blue eyes of hers.

What ever it was, I knew no I wanted to share more moments like this with her!

How to make squirrel soup

2008-11-02T19:16:00.000-08:00

The first and hardest part is to get the little bastard in the pot

Then Add your veggies and cook 'till tender

The Beginning of the End and Start of a Beginning

2008-11-02T18:39:00.000-08:00

One early July morning I loaded my Harley onto a south bound ferry out of Kodiak. Shortly there after I help my friend Chad load my truck loaded with our dogs and camping gear. This would be a five day trip on the ferry then up to nine on the road, and the start of a new adventure in life. And it was as close to a vacation as I had been afforded in a long while.

Five days of pulling in and out of sleepy little coastal Alaskan towns, catchin up on the latest in Hollywood garbage is just what I needed.

On our last leg of the trip we pulled into Ketchikan and drove to the end of the road to hike up one of the mountain trails. Along the way we crossed a few glaciers.

Seen here are two intrepid explorers trying to figure out why their human counter parts are blindly descending into a glacial cave. In the back ground is one of clearest and coldest mountain lakes in Alaska

Loaded back on the ferry we were off for Prince Rupert, BC, Canada. The short one day hop was just long enough to finish packing my saddle bags, double checkin my ride, and get some sleep before the long haul to Jasper. Stopping in Jasper NP long enough to rest and realize it was more of a tourist trap than Jellystone we headed south on Canada Route 93 also know as the Icefields Highway.

This was an awesome ride. Slowly climbing into the Columbia IceFields the mountains just growing larger all the time. Stopping for a late lunch we also decided to take the last tour to the heart of the ice fields that day. An interesting ride to put it mildly, you load up on a standard bus to take a sort ride to the tour loading station, where we jump on to these behemoth tour buses that could have been the parents to any monster truck. There are only 28 rigs like these in the world, 27 here in the Columbia Icefields and one in Antarctica.

In case your wondering Yes I asked, and No they wouldn't let me drive. First you have to have a Canadian commercial passenger licence, then get hired by Brewster Tours Inc. Then start your 3 month training on how to handle such a beast on ice. Oh did I mention this tour starts by riding that beast down the steepest passenger grade in continent, a mere 16% grade on ICE!

Finishing Dinner we continued south to Banff, Canada.

As we had plenty of time to knock out the rest of out trip, we chose to stay here for two days and hike some of the trails it had to offer. The first was down into a canyon that had some spectacular water falls.

After we returned to town and had a great meal at a great German restaurant then hit some shops in search of great deals on gear. Once the food settled we hiked up a switch back trail to the top on the mountain to the south of town

As you can see here hiking up was not your only option.

The ride up took 28mins and the hike took a bit more

Birds eye view of Banff

A local family enjoying a picnic lunch atop the mountain

So as in all great trips we saw plenty of wild life. Most at close range. We saw everything, beavers, moose, elk, brown bear, black bear, deer, whales (while on the boat), mountain goats, eagles and big horn sheep.

Shots from the Handle Bar Camera!

Are we there yet?

Welcome to our new home! You just got to love the west coast's sunny beaches

Updates and Additions to "Hikin the Ozarks"

2008-11-01T19:42:00.001-07:00

Hello all,

Just note to all that my post "Hikin the Ozarks" has some new additions.

California Redwoods with the 'Rents

2008-10-25T20:17:00.000-07:00

The plan was my parents were going to fly in on Friday and we would have the holiday weekend to spend together. Then uncle Sam called and said hey son, "Semper Gumby." You see all branches of the armed forces have a Latin motto, Semper Fidelis, Semper Paratus, and what have you. But the one we all have in common is Semper Gumby. The Latin word Semper means "always," and gumby is not Latin but I bet you can figure it out. So Friday I hopped on a Coast Guard H-60 and flew into SeaTac airport in Seattle for the Seafair as my parents flew into Portland. Not being able to meet them, they rented a car and drove to my place to watch my dog they had never met.

So I spent three days in Seattle standing by to rescue the hydroplane boat drivers or the Blue Angels. Fortunately I did not have to. Upon returning to Astoria I met my parents at the Astoria Column, from there we hiked down to the Cathedral Tree. So as we stared up at this magnificent tree my mother pipes up and says we should run down and check out the Redwood National Forest.

My "Minnie Mom" and I at the Cathedral Tree

As my father and I looked at each other in disbelief we were both mentally trying to do the math as to whether we could drive down, see all we wanted to in the park and then drive up 101 and hit all the light houses in Oregon in three days.

The explorers and Baylee on the trail to Boy Scout Tree

No really, the tree was thiiiis big! This is a great shot of my father and I at Boy Scout Tree. So far is the biggest tree recorded in North America. As dad recalls it is just a short .3 miles from the road. In actuality it is about 2.8 miles.

Seen here are two rarities, a squirrel with no fear and a very self controlled dog

A few moments later I told Baylee "free" and dropped the leash in my hand.

The events that ensued were fast paced and funny.

No worries the little guy made it under that fence about thirty yards later

A sampling of the west coasts finest seafood.

Mom, Baylee and I at Ecola Park, at Cannon Beach.

The day before they left for their tour of Washington my parents came to visit me while I was on duty. BIG IRON

The H-60 taking off on a Law Enforcement mission with the Astoria-Megler bridge in the back ground. The same bridge I Jogged across a few weeks later, see my post entitled The Great Columbia Crossing.

Have you ever seen a 53 year old kid in a candy store. Reports have been confirmed that is what is seen here. Love you dad!

Swiftwater School

2008-10-24T20:09:00.000-07:00

We arrived in Chico, Ca bright eyed and bushy tailed,

ready to learn. The good part is that I have cut out all

the slide shows, rope work, and knot tying.

So here is all of the fun stuff or maybe that's all we

really did was have fun.

We worked on two different rivers.

The first shots are from the small, slower one.

The rest of the shots are from north fork of the Feather River.

Or as we came to call it the fun stuff

Seen here we are learning the basics of working in a river current

You can read all you want about ferry angles, flow rates and the likes but
you cant learn it 'till you're in it

One of the hardest things to learn about a river is, as soon as you think

you know whats coming you're wrong.
This sneaky vessel almost floated over us without a sound.

The drill you see here is to simulate being drawn into a strainer. A strainer is anything

in a river that allows water by but catches larger objects. They are also one of the most dangerous river hazards

Often lodged in the swifter current these strainers will trap a person by pinning them against it, then pushing them and holding them underwater.
Here you see us floating into a controlled strainer to feel the force of the water,

so we could get an idea of how they work.

As class went on we got into larger and larger rapids. Seen here is the class descending a set of class 4 rapids.

Banzai!!!!

Me about to descend the rapids.

Notice the smile, mask on helmet

Head above water

Entering the beast

Hmm whats missing?

All's well that ends well

In all we spent two days on the water covering numerous methods of rescue, current reading, low angle rope rescue and river safety

The Great Columbia Crossing

2008-10-13T16:57:00.000-07:00

So it was a partly cloudy Sunday morning and I was standing curbside outside Chinook, WA with about two thousand others. At 0900 the gun sounded and we were off. It is was the 27Th annual Great Columbia crossing. It is a 10k race/walk across the Astoria-Megler Bridge. I chose to do the walk so I could take my camera to get some photos of the area from a higher vantage point. The fastest runner finished at just over 30min the slowest walker at a little over two hours.

I finished at 1:14:26 and took just over a hundred photos
Here's the best of themSunrise on the Washington side

Looking to the future

Ever wonder what a tire see's
There are participant's all the way back to the Washington
side of the bridge

Port of Astoria
Crested the top and headed down hill now

Oh the places we have been
the decisions to come
Victory at last
This look says it all, Mainly dad for not taking me I shall give you...

The silent treatment

Surviving the Deserts of Texas

2008-10-11T17:17:00.000-07:00

So you land in El Paso drive two hours west, hike for about 45 minutes and then set up a perimeter. Once in the field we reviewed all we had learned and put it into practice. We went over everything from finding water sources, shelter, fire and food.

Natures TV in High Definition
When it comes to shelters start simple. Comfortable also

note duct tape is a must!

Then storm proof. Or would that be critter proofing?

I know what your thinking "He's in the sun and still damn pastie"

Food or friends?

Don't forget to stop and smell the roses.

But watch your step

Hiking the Ozarks

2008-10-09T22:58:00.000-07:00

So I finally got a chance to take some leave for the first time in almost two years. After a few hours in Portland I was off to Texas for Desert Survival Instructor school, where we spent a week in the desert out side of El Paso. The photos from that adventure are yet to come.

Then from Texas I was off to hike the Ozarks. I Met up with Tiffanie in St Louis, from there we headed south.

The tree of adventure in the heart of Portland

Past the second arch on the right

straight on till morning

The photo above is the view of the arch we had from our hotel lobby. Although the views from the lobby and the room were great that is about where I stopped being impressed by the Millennium Hotel of St Louis. I have stayed on others in this chain and found them very nice but this one needed a few improvements

Arising from bed well rested after spending the last four nights before it in the desert. Tiffanie and I headed to the St Louis Zoo.

Near the entrance of the zoo there was a really neat sculpture of all the different animals, some were really fun looking. Here are a few of the best.

NO! Don't eat me!

Making friends

Lots of friends, on our way to Columbia, MO were Tiffanie resides. We stopped off at Daniel Boone Conservation Area and took a short hike to a small pond. In a ring around the pond there were small pitfall traps for collecting and studying salamanders. Seen in her hands are a cluster of Ringed salamanders.

Off to the mountains! Hills rather.

The Ozarks are more like rolling hills than actual mountains, but lots of fun none the less. One of our first stops was at Elephant Rocks park. Here we hiked for a few hours in awe at the enormous rock formations. Their sizes ranged from that of a Jeep to that of a high school. In one section of the park called the maze, we must have spent an hour playing hide and go seek from each other. All the while finding smaller and smaller crevices to hide in.

Atop one of the biggest formations these pools of water had collected. Some of which being several inches deep and looking very inviting on this hot day after chasing a beautiful woman around the park.

The beauty beneath the trees is Tiffanie

Along one of our hikes we came to this beautiful spring. Stopping to rest Miss Tiffanie hiked up and down the bank to get the best angle for her picture of the small rapids leading away from this spring. At one point you could tell by the look on her face she wanted to swim across it to get a better angle. Remembering back to a few days earlier and the cooold plunge we took into one of the other springs she thought better of it and stayed on the bank. To see her photos and entries of our trip check out http://t1f.blogspot.com/2008_10_05_archive.html or click on the link to Field Days on the right side of my page and surf back through to early September.

A shot of the trail map