Twin Falls with Mary Jane

Looking up the trail on the return hike

This was an easy hike yesterday. It was cold, so there wasn't much need for water. Mary Jane Gibson joined me. It was her introduction to the Twin Falls hike. We walked past to the water fall lookout and on to the junction with the John Wayne trail. A highlight of the trip was watching a chipmunk scurry around looking for tidbits at our feet: the design of the fur on its back was scrambled and it appeared to be scarred; we surmised that a raptor had unsuccessfully tried to make a meal of the little critter.

Mary Jane, resting on the "apron"of a very broad tree. The apron was a large root.

Robert, Mary Jane at the overlook for the lower falls

Our stats are close estimates.
Distance: 4.2 miles, 6.72 km
Load: 15 pounds
Elevation gain: Probably 700 feet
Notes: This is an active landscape. We found a few newly fallen trees. This was a leisurely, all-day hike. We started at 10:30 or thereabouts and returned about 3:30.

Stats for year to date:
Distance: 315.20 km
Elevation Gain: 26.130 feet