Two Falls and the Case of the Disappearing Post...

WHAT THE HECK!

have any

of

you

bloggers

had a

post

just

disappear?

I mean,

where

did

it

go?

poof!

gone...

the post

was about

our

Mother's Day

adventure

we

adventured

to

Salmon Creek Falls

I was

rocking

my

brand new

Adidas

trail shoes

(Happy Mother's Day present from me)

so

NOW

I have to try

to recreate

that

post

here's

the gist

of it

...

********

Salmon Creek Falls

is

about

1 1/2 hours

north

of

SLO

on

Hwy 1

on the

southern end

of

Big Sur

not too

far

beyond Ragged Point

this is

what

you see from the highway

The

waterfall

is crazy

wild

because

of all the

rain

we

have had

this past spring

the trail head

is

just off

the highway

our goal?

Estrella Camp!

On

to the falls -> -> ->

Annie leads

John and Andrew

follow

I am

lollygagging

a bit

taking pictures

..

a short hike to the

waterfall

crashing

down

...

lovely

the air

is

clean

and

thankfully

cool

the water

pools

and

cascades

down

again

down

to

the

Pacific Ocean

below

If

you

are

brave,

you can climb

up

on to the

rocks

Off the

rocks

and

back

on the

trail

we

charge upwards

up

up

up

UP

(I am breathing a bit heavy now)

that's

highway one below

because

it

was

Mother's Day

a nice hiker

took our picture

there

are

beautiful wildflowers

along the

trail

(and Poison Oak)

huff -puff

up

up

higher

still

"hey! Let me take a picture!"

snap

the views

are

spectacular

After

hiking

about

an

hour

or so

I hear this

voice

from

behind me

"I should have eaten something.

I'm hungry"

..

no food

or

water

with us

I am feeling

a

grumpy attack

coming on

from

that

hungry hiker

time to turn around

and head

back

down

the trail

If

you

remember,

I

did mention

that the

trail

is quite

steep

and very rocky

and

full

of blooming Yuccas

(Andrew snagged one for my hair)

and

back

to

that

steep trail

...

all those

loose

rocks..

I tripped

BOOM!

for

whatever reason,

B O O M!

down

I went

knees bloody,

hands bloody

and

scraped

(Yucca flower flew off somewhere)

John,

my dear hubby,

so empathetically

muttered

"thank GOD you weren't carrying the camera!!"

shaky

and

wobbly

we continue down

a little

fresh

water stream to wash off all the blood

ouch..

looking

back up

...

there

are the Yuccas!

the hike

was

fun

breathtakingly beautiful

and

we are

planning

a

return trip

to

Salmon Creek Falls

soon

...

Pearls of Wisdom:

1. go before 11:00am

2. eat a hearty breakfast before you go

3. take a backpack

4. bring water in that backpack

5. bring power bars, trail mix, fruit or another munchie

in that backpack

6. bandaids

7. new Adidas trail shoes

8. sweatshirt around your waist

9. shower immediately after

(to clean off the Poison Oak oils)

the views

along

hwy 1

ARE

so

spectacular

and dramatic

Morro Rock

...majestic!!!

The

best

adventure !