The day was beautiful and cool. There were several parts of the stream, river in
some places, we had to cross.
In fact rocks had to be placed in order to get across. The man at the
hiking store said it was a great hike, you really had to watch for markers. He mentioned that a couple times, but that we wouldn't have any problem! We met up with Jeff on the hike and we decided to stay together because it was getting a little confusing. He had to filter some water so we went ahead and he said he would catch up!?
This was the last picture. The trail was very confusing and we did go the wrong way. We were far enough ahead that Jeff never caught up with us. We kept going and going and going. There were 2 trails, one was a smaller circle and the other was a huge circle!!! Well we were on the huge trail, and it was getting to be around 4 o'clock. We had already been
hiking for about 2 1/2 hours. I really got nervous, #1 I don't like the dark #2 we were not prepared to spend the night and # 3 I wasn't going too!! We turned around and I took the lead. We had already crossed the water 5 times, which
meant 5 times back. There were some places that were really pretty hard to cross, and guess what, I did fall in, and I am not going to say how many times. I JUST KEPT
TRUCKING! We made it back in 1 3/4 hours. Our legs and hips were a bit sore, but we got out before it got dark!! It probably was a real pretty hike, but I sure couldn't appreciate it.
When we got back to the van this note was taped to the window. Jeff waited for a while, but if it got dark there wouldn't be anything he could do. There was no cell, so he headed out, and called 911 when he had cell. They said that nothing could be done
until it got dark and we still
weren't out. We were glad to see that his truck was gone when we got out, we were afraid that maybe he went the wrong way too. When we got cell we called him and had a nice visit on the phone. There are nice people where ever you go!!
The next day we saw some scouts at a craft fair. We talked to them and mentioned that marking the trail with the correct markers would be a great Eagle Scout project. They seemed very interested.
This was the last picture. The trail was very confusing and we did go the wrong way. We were far enough ahead that Jeff never caught up with us. We kept going and going and going. There were 2 trails, one was a smaller circle and the other was a huge circle!!! Well we were on the huge trail, and it was getting to be around 4 o'clock. We had already been hiking for about 2 1/2 hours. I really got nervous, #1 I don't like the dark #2 we were not prepared to spend the night and # 3 I wasn't going too!! We turned around and I took the lead. We had already crossed the water 5 times, which meant 5 times back. There were some places that were really pretty hard to cross, and guess what, I did fall in, and I am not going to say how many times. I JUST KEPT TRUCKING! We made it back in 1 3/4 hours. Our legs and hips were a bit sore, but we got out before it got dark!! It probably was a real pretty hike, but I sure couldn't appreciate it.
When we got back to the van this note was taped to the window. Jeff waited for a while, but if it got dark there wouldn't be anything he could do. There was no cell, so he headed out, and called 911 when he had cell. They said that nothing could be done until it got dark and we still weren't out. We were glad to see that his truck was gone when we got out, we were afraid that maybe he went the wrong way too. When we got cell we called him and had a nice visit on the phone. There are nice people where ever you go!!
The next day we saw some scouts at a craft fair. We talked to them and mentioned that marking the trail with the correct markers would be a great Eagle Scout project. They seemed very interested. 
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Wow - that is a bit scary!! What an experience!!
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