Friday, July 2, 2010

Canada Day Geo Cache

Last year on Canada Day, we climbed a mountain, this year we headed out to find a geocache also, but this time we made our way into a cool canyon of volcanic rock towers, in the middle of the forest. It was amazing, we walked down a regular dirt trail, and then head through some dense brush into this wonderful forest surrounded by rock columns. Although we went to look for tupperware in the bush, but we had a great time climbin around.
On the one side, the rocks towered above us. And after tell Corb not to go to close to the edge, he informed me that it wasn't that high. When I walked around the back side, it was only 2 feet off the ground. The rocks were grown over with moss and lichen. The light inside the canyon was dappled from the trees...a photo nightmare, but I took pictures anyway.
Logan looks lost, holding the GPS, look at the huge column behind him
And I wanted a picture that looked like Corb was climbing to the top
And there was a carpet of dogwoods, growing out of the moss. So Pretty!! I had to go back and take some photos. Wild Dogwoods, such pretty flowers.(British Columbia's flower). The whole place was like a hidden treasure...so very cool.
On the way home we stopped at the fudge shop. Nothing like a pound of fudge after a good hike!
And they even had Maple Walnut fudge for Mike, because in his world , there is nothing better than maple walnut. It was a good day!

2 comments:

Penny said...

WOW!!!!!!! Not just a new post... a whole new blog!!!! Looks so good, Shannon!! Love it!!! When we find a spot like that in the forest it feels like a forgotten treasure... and I never want to leave! Love all the pic . They're great!!! Esp the macro! =)

pat said...

OH MY GOODNESS!! What an AWESOME place to hike! Love those stone formations--they look like chimneys. I'd bookmark that spot and head back on an overcast day! Gorgeous dogwood blossom--the center detail is wonderful. Glad to see you up!