Donut Falls - August 28, 2010

It took 22 minutes to hike from the car to the falls - less than a mile.  And then we spent an hour climbing around the falls and exploring inside the cave the falls made.  Forgot the camera, so all of these are cell phone photos.

















These next two are James -  up above the actual falls, he got to where he could look down into the cave.





On the way back to the car, I told James about hiking to Donut Falls with Carlee (before she was a Simpson), Kim and tiny McKayla - and how it was cool enough in the spring that Carlee? tucked McKayla into her shirt to keep her warm.  They were two-headed cuteness (I have a picture, it is just pre-digital and I don't know exactly where it is). 

And about all the humming birds that I've seen flying around the bushes. 

And about hiking with my cousin Shawnell and John and kids - when their son Nathan was small enough that he kept begging to be carried, but he would walk to the next tree or the bridge.

James looked at all the bushes and said, "There should be a moose - right there."  And as we turned the corner...


Moose.  Right there.  Amazing.  She stopped in the bushes just off the trail and we watched her eat for a while before ending our hike and driving up the road to Brighton for a "look see".



Still no snow, but he checks anyway...