On June 8, 2009 we decided to take our friends Dave and Carol Van Wagoner to see spring Creek. It doesn't matter how many times you go there, it is always beautiful and always interesting. Dave and Carol are fairly new to the area and fun to hike with. Dave finds even the simplest things interesting and has a million questions. Carol and Ellie take a rather leisurely pace, talking over the world's problems I'm sure.
Carol and Ellie as we begin the hike.
At the start, the canyon is quite wide and not all that spectacular. In a very short distance the canyon walls close in and the scenery becomes awesome. the hike is short and easy, and could probably be done most any time of year. You only go up the canyon a mile or two and beyond that you would need some serious climbing skills to go further
Dave and Carol
I finally found someone to take my photo!
This owl made the trip even more interesting. He didn't seem too upset with our presence, and just wanted to ignore us and be left alone. We finally convinced him to fly away after getting right in his face. As a postscript, I guess we won't be hiking with Dave and Carol for a while. they have accepted a mission call to Romania. they leave about the end of November and will be gone 18 months.
Beautiful photos.......if they can hike as good as they dance, they should be good. Romania, huh? That's great!
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