Woke up to sunshine again. In the afternoon when it reached 71 degrees we hiked to Brandy Creek Falls.
On the road to the trail head we found this fire. They had done a prescribed burn and a couple hot spots were left, this one was weird because it was a hole with smoke coming out of it, looked like a fumarole in Yellowstone. John called it in and they were aware of it. So we headed up and started hiking. 1.5 miles each way, straight up 500 feet, then back.
The lower falls. Then more up along a very steep, narrow canyon.
First bridge. Then one fall after another with autumn leaves.
More falls and the canyon got tighter. Falls bigger.
Until we reached the upper falls. Wow.
Falling water with bright leaves.
On the way back we saw another bear. This one was coming up the trail. It glared at us, it didn’t want to go around. John yelled at it and it took off running uphill, then watched us go by. These two small black tailed deer were in the campground when we got back. We still have the campground to ourselves. Very nice.
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