After the propane man attached a line between the RV and the suppy tank (YAY!), we headed 50 miles east on Route 12 to Lower Calf Creek Falls. What a wonderful hike--little elevation change, varied terrain and scenery, some wildflowers, a few archeological tidbits, a lovely little creek with brook trout and a waterfall at the end. Lower Calf Creek Falls cascading 126' into the pool at its base was spectacular enough to awe North Carolinians from 'the land of waterfalls.'
We encountered a couple hiking with their pet cockatiels. Each carried a cage containing two birds all six miles out and back. They told us their pets "just love to hike."
On the way home we stopped at the Kiva Koffeehouse. Perched on a cliff, it looks down and
into Calf Creek Canyon and out to the high desert beyond. The building recreates a circular native American kiva using immense juniper logs.
At 8 we strolled up the gravel road to watch Mike's 'Freedom Fire,' a bonfire of the debris he's cleared in the process of building his golf training center. From the fireside conversation, we gleaned that Mike really likes bonfires and Bin Laden's removal provided a rationale for accompanying this one with John Phillip Sousa marches played over loud-speakers.
Attached are some photos from the Lower Calf Creek Falls hike.
Pictographes
Lower Calf Creek Falls
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| prickly pear cactus blossoms |
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| Lower Calf Creek Canyon from Kiva Koffeehouse |
Freedom Fire
