This is part of our group getting ready to start. Don't you just love Uncle Norman's dew-rag (however spelled)!! He didn't keep it on very long, but for the length of time he did you should have seen the looks he got or at least that we acted like he was getting:)!! Makes him look like a mean biker, but he is nothing like that at all so it made it funny!! We all had lots of fun on this trip together.
This is what the ground looked like the whole way, solid rocks! There were very few and far between spots of sand/mud to walk on which was refreshing, but like I said there were not many places like that. I thought this picture was pretty though. It reminded me of the rocks by the Lighthouses in Maine when we went up there to go camping. Although we never walked on them. We only saw them from a far off distance. I did see pictures and they look just like this is seems. I even have a puzzle of the rocks up there. Amazing how you can find simularities between a lush humid place and a desert!
And here's the reason why this place is called the Narrows because there is a narrow path between the mountains! Isn't it just gorgeous! I couldn't believe this was actually my camera taking this picture. It looks too beautiful for a regular camera:)!!
Here we are all just walking through the rocks and water. We made a zigzag trail through it because we were trying to stay where the shallow parts were. So this is pretty much what we looked like the whole time we hiked.
At this point we hit the deepest water we had walked through. This water is melted snow and is so cold it aches so imagine letting that cold of water get all the way up to your chest! Yeah, that was rough, but fun!
This is also the point where Scott and Laurie (Uncle Norman's friends) had to turn back because it was too deep for the kids to try to cross. Fortunately, for us it didn't last long, but the kids would have had a hard time with it that deep and having to walk on rocks as well.
Aunt Diane was the one who inspired the picture taking at this point though. Boy was she loud when that water got higher and higher on her! The pictures of her coming out of it are priceless:)!! You can see Dalston smiling at the situation too!
I thought this was a good shot of mom! I like all the rocks and scenery behind her. She did very well on this hike!
Obviously I didn't get many shots of myself since I was the one with the camera, but I saw this beautiful waterfall coming right down the mountain side and had to have a shot with it. So I gave the camera to mom and hiked across the rough water to get to it. Really made my hike a little harder to get over there cause no one else went that way except Dalston and me, but it was so worth the waterfall though. I like this picture. Waterfalls are one of my favorite sceneries too!
This is the end of our hike here. I actually finished first and was able to sit on top of a stone wall and watch everyone come in and I would holler their name and when they looked up in surprise I'd take a shot! It was quite amusing:)!!
In second place came Dalston! His picture actually turned out pretty nice! I thought it was a good shot of him!
In third place was Uncle Norman (mom's brother)!
In forth place was my mom, Sheila!
In fifth place was Dalston's friend that I will not try to mess up on spelling, but she is a character to hang out with:)!!
And in sixth place was Aunt Diane (mom's sister)!
Everyone really did a great job on this hike! It was not simple, it was quite tough and we were all quite proud of each other! Of course that's after we all thawed out and realized it was over, hehehe!!
This was a wonderful experience that I am glad to have on my list of things I've done, but I have no intention of ever doing it again:)!! It was an amazing challenge! Although Phillip says I will be doing it again because he wants me to go with him when he goes. I told him Dalston and Michael Fedele could handle my spot!!
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