Saturday, August 2, 2014

August 2, 2014 Creede , Colorado

We tried to hike to the Phoenix waterfall today. The trail description says it is 2.2 miles each way. They failed to mention that you also have to hike a 2.2 4 wheel drive road before you get to the 2.2 mile harder 4 wheel drive road to the falls. Lots of steep up and down, we finally decided that hiking 5.6 miles and 1,531 of vertical was enough.

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The waterfall is kind of behind the spire in the middle of the valley, the trail starts at near the base of it, we had already hiked almost 2 miles at this point. John is now on the correct road to get to the falls.

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It was a lovely day to hike in the aspen. Here is John hiking back up the long hill back toward the car.

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Blue sky, white clouds and green aspen. One of the mines we passed on the way to and from.

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Driving back down the road toward town. We drove this road yesterday, but it was raining the whole way.  Two different colors of larkspurs, blue and white.

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Purple flower, pine tree, mushroom, butterfly, pine tree pollon, wild rose, sneezeweed and ripe wild strawberry.

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