A Grand Adventure to the Waterfall

 Well, we got up early this morning for a grand adventure!!

It's been weeks and weeks and I want to go and check out the waterfall. Apparently they put the stairs in!!!

There's a new bench here near the start of the trail... cool!

It's just after 7 am and there is nobody else out on the trail. Which is just dandy... I like an empty trail, I do!

Love this part... this is all second-growth timber too... already quite big.

So pretty!

And that sun is already hot!

We had a heat wave at the end of July... it got up to 34C and it felt like 38C. Ugh!! That's... ummm... 98F I think?

Ooooh... the red huckleberries are ready!

Alright... here we are at the top... Do you remember what this thunder slog of a slither down to the creek looked like before?? No... Check out this blog and then come back here...

Messy, eh?? Not anymore!!! OK... let's go!

Seeeee!!! A nice cable railing and a wooden walkway...

With stairs leading town to a flatter area... that's 57 stairs down to the flatter area... (we counted).

This was the old bit you had to scramble up with ropes...

So much easier now!

So, from this flatter area, you can't really see much...

You have to go down another 29 steps to get to the viewing platform.

From which you can see a sliver of waterfall and the deep pool.

Oh... there it is!!! It's quite pretty from up here.

But we are going down to the bottom... another 60 steps to go!

Yep... that's one steep slope!

Oh look, there's some of the old rope... awwww... that was so fun before!

Not too shabby... and definitely much cleaner!

And there's the waterfall! It's a bit thin right now because we're in the middle of summer. Now that we've got this lovely wooden staircase, I'll have to come back in the fall or spring when it's really going!

Oh... and one last little bit down to the creek bed.... still a bit of rope climbing to do!

So pretty... although the spray is making me a bit damp.

Righto... that was an excellent hike!

Now it's time to climb up 146 steps... ugh.

And we made it!! So pretty in the morning.

We even found some wild blackberries along the trail!

See? They are tiny but they sure pack a flavour punch!

Four for me... one for you...