In preparation for their longer hike, Don and Leah planned a short hike on which I joined them. They chose to park at mile 208 on Tortilla Flat road and scramble down to First Water Creek and follow it to Canyon Lake.
And scramble we did! There did not seem to be any clear path. Going down didn’t seem too hard. We let gravity do the work. Lol. We scrambled down about 300 feet to First Water Creek.
Leah and Don did a small side path exploration while I sketched the canyon scenery. We had a snack lunch on the river worn rocks and hiked a short distance farther to see an inlet of Canyon Lake. Lots of Fountain Grass growing here!
The scramble back out of the ravine was more difficult than the descent. We never really did find a path. Got "attacked" by a few cacti and Palo Verde bushes!
Fun hike! Now we are ready for a Mexican supper at Blue Adobe. 😋
No comments:
Post a Comment