After the Rain...... Bridal Veil Falls

Yesterday Chereé and I took a trek up to Bridal Veil Falls again so that we could see it after heavy rains.  The mist from it pounding over the rocks was so high and far reaching that it was impossible to take a picture of the entire falls and not drench the camera.  This is shot from behind the shelter of a tree a bit back.  Quite a bit more water than our hike there last summer. 

March Hike

A beautiful day today.  My friend Chereé and I took a little hike to Barclay Lake again.

Barclay Lake sits at the base of Mt. Baring.

Mount Baker

This is just an experiment to see how Animoto works with blogger.  It is from the summer of 2006 on a hike at Mt. Baker.  This day holds one of my favorite-day memories with my family :o)  Just click on the words "Mt. Baker" to link you to the short video clip:

Mount Baker

Winter Hike

Friday morning my son, Ryan, and I took a hike up to Wallace Falls. Well, more accurately, I took a rather strenuous hike while Ryan took a leisurely walk, or so it seemed. I thought is was pretty steep. He was never winded, as was I. He was a good sport about waiting up for his old mama :o}

The lower falls

Middle Falls shot from Lower Falls

Middle Falls shot on site

And no, I did not make it to the Upper Falls, though Ryan went up a bit more without me.

Mt Baring

At the base of this mountain sits Barclay Lake.

Middle mountain is Mt Index

Lake Serene nestles by Mt. Index

Interesting Life Forms

Along the trail to Lake Serene, Chereé and I spotted many different fungi and other plant life:

We named these 'Little Boobs'

Cute little shiny 'shrooms

This one looks like a slug carrying a glob

The perfect mushroom from the 1960's

At first we thought this was a slug, but it was another shiny fungi.

Shelf Fungi

Like steps up a tree!

The Clam

My favorite!

So colorful!

Pretty Lichen

Anyone know what these flowers are?

Wild Blueberries were ripe

It always amazes me to keep finding new plants and fungi on each hike I take. What a blast God must have had during the creation process!

Summer's End Goal - Accomplished!

On our first hike in May of this summer's season, Chereé and I made it our goal to hike to Lake Serene by the end of summer. I will let you double click on this first picture so you can read the description of this "strenuous" hike.

In June we hiked to Bridal Veil Falls, which also goes along this same trail. What we saw on that hike was a middle portion of the multiple falls.


This time, the trail to the lake took us to, and actually across, the lowest portion of the falls.

The cliff drop-offs for the falls are pretty spectacular!

The steep trail is composed of many, many rocks......

....... and steps made from rocks..........

.....and a mixture of rocks and wooden steps....

This is the only break we took on the 3+ hour hike up.

Get the picture of the workout our legs received?!?!

At the top, the view of the valley towards the pass is something else!

Finally, the last turn comes and we see Mt Index, what the locals call "WOW! Corner". Just a 'few' more steps and we will be at the lake!

WE MADE IT!!!!

From the top, looking down where the falls first begin.

Cool tree!

Lake Serene

Mt. Index rises out of the lake

Beautiful glacial water

Lunch Rock

Phenomenal color!

...and to end our time in this Paradise, a lovely orange butterfly alights by us!

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. ~e.e. cummings