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Showing posts with label hiking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hiking. Show all posts

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Weekend Hike: Part 2!

I looked up the names of the caterpillars from yesterday's pictures, and found that the striped brown/black one is called a Woolley Bear caterpillar, and the shiny black caterpillar turns into a giant leopard moth. I think it said they aren't poisonous (which seems to be unusual for fuzzy caterpillars), so that's good news.


cotton pod, burst open
Click It Up A Notch


roped off area for the bottom of the waterfall

top of the waterfall!

waterfall in action

and then, she {snapped}
 

stairs, so that we didn't have to scale the cliff

looking down on the edge to the trees below, JUST where the water spills over to go down down down.

we learned some history! apparently there were some good hideouts in this area, but he was found by the smoke in his cave's natural chimney. or something like that.

one last view before heading back home!


Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Camping out and Hiking at Thacher Park

Wow, I have so many pictures to catch up on! We had a really busy weekend, and the week has been ULTRA busy for both the Mr. and me so far. The weather has been stunning, and I'm pretty sure I cold tolerate this weather for a LOT longer. *that's a hint to the weatherman!!*

So, Friday night we dined on 'camping' food and got a nice roaring fire going. ...and, of course, we made sure to have a s'more or two!


and then, she {snapped}


marshmallow roasting
  

The next day we went hiking. And we saw a TON of gigantic caterpillars. You may or may not know how I feel about caterpillars.

...and this guy was the MONSTER of caterpillars. The picture makes him look small, but I swear he was like 3 inches. {My mind may have exaggerated this while Mr. snapped this shot.}

I like the texture and colors of these trees.


EARTH WONDERS by anaeugenio



 Black and White Wednesday


view from the top of the Helderberg escarpment - check out those golden yellows!
Shades of Autumn Photo Challenge

I see a few shades of red peeking through!

I hope everyone's having a lovely Wednesday. This week is rushing by, hopefully I can keep up!!

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Unfortunate events

One day, a lovely couple planned on going hiking, having a picnic, and playing some games outside. So, they dressed in appropriate hiking attire and they packed the tastiest food they had for a picnic lunch. Even though it was gorgeous and sunshine-y outside, they checked the weather online to make sure it would stay that way.


Once they arrived at the trailhead/park area, it began to sprinkle. And then it turned to rain. And then it began pouring. And thundering. The two decided to play on the playground for awhile, since, gosh- they were dressed for hiking afterall. They figured they'd wait it out.

Until it began lightning. At that point, the couple decided that hiking probably wouldn't happen. So they went home.

Then they decided to have lunch on the balcony {since that's kind of like having a picnic}. Soon, the appetizers, fruit, and main course vanished into their bellies. Finally, it was time for dessert. Each had their own dessert to eat. The lady began to eat her bar. One bite was extraordinary! The second, third... not so much. 


"This is gross, and feels nasty," the lady said.
"Let me check it out," the gentleman said.
"Petewy," the lady said, as she spat out the contents of her mouth.
The couple examined the bar. The lady thought it was a big strip of cardboard at first, but the gentleman's guess was probably more apt: a paper towel used for hand drying in public restrooms.


The lady wasn't sure if she totally cared what it was, because if it is not food, then it is not meant to be eaten. 

Not eating anymore, the two wandered inside. Remembering the candle outside, they blew out the flame, picked up the candle, and....candle wax spilled all over the gentleman and the deck.

They decided to stay inside and agreed that sitting still, being quiet, and staying inside would probably keep them out of harm's way. Hopefully.

Moral of the story: Keep your expectations low.


 
(Edited: I am not publicly disclosing the company's name. Also, I  contacted the company on 9/4 and am hoping for a response.)

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Hiking and Caves

The Mr. and I have had some guests for the past few days and we've been doing a whole bunch of "out-and-about"-ing! I didn't take pictures of everything, but we have visited a local blueberry festival, hiked a mountain, explored a cave, been to the mall, campus, and the pool a few times. Phew - busy, busy, busy!

I mostly only took pictures while we were hiking/at the summit. A few at the end of the slideshow were after our cave tour. I figured a slideshow would be way easier than editing all the pictures and having a photo-heavy post, so I'll see if this works out well enough to use again.

The hike up the mountain took about 3 times longer than it did coming back down (~ 4 hours round trip, total, including lunch?). I think we were all happy to have a break at the top, and certainly glad it wasn't rainy or too humid! I think I'd definitely go back there again. 

The cave tour was pretty fun, too. We had a boat ride through the cave river/stream, which was cool. I didn't take many pictures down there, since my pictures of rocks/caves/castles all tend to turn out way too similar. So, enjoy the pictures!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Hiking - Part 2

In my other post {here}, I talked about the hiking trip we went on.  That was the "describing" post, and this is the "picture-laden" post! Not sure why it took me this long to look through them, but here they are. It was such a fantasticview at the top, and I think we got some really great pictures. A blue sky would have been nice, but we could still see a pretty far distance. {You can click any of them to get the original resolution photo much larger.}







Small house, where the lookout lived


 The hike required constant attention to each step. So, most of the time, I watched wherever the person ahead of me stepped and this is what I saw most of the way up. It took a lot of concentration since so many of the rocks were much more angled than this.





A view of the tower.
I didn't go all the way up since I didn't like how shaky it was, but the Mr. did and got a few cool shots.




View from the tower

View from the tower, looking down on everyone eating lunch


Peeking through my sandwich =)