Even though Barbara G. had walked her dog in the morning rain, and Akiko had to dig out of her driveway, they were part of the group of thirteen hikers who gambled that the forecasters actually knew what they were talking about. They met with Grace, Priscilla, Tami, Karen, Tiana, Marilyn S., Clarence, Stan, John, Elly and Barbara's friend, Ann for a hike to Fairy Falls. We gloried in the warm sunshine (mostly) and being able to get outside as we hiked along the raging creek up to the thundering falls. The new leaves on the Buckeyes grew upright like candles on the tips of the branches and there were actually wildflowers blooming - especially a small fuscia geranium (cranesbill?), an uncurling saxifrage (alumroot?) and others that were just getting going in south facing slopes. Dry Creek was a raging muddy torrent at it absorbed water both from the ground and the snowy slopes further up hill. After lunch at the top of the falls, Clarence led us upstream, around the hill some of had climbed last time, and out to a beautiful open pasture area on the other side. It had a sweeping western view of the Marysville Buttes and north. As we walked along the slope, talk turned to cottage cheese and before you knew it, Little Miss Muffett was being recited and we were remarking on the little tuffets that we were crossing. Ann is a birdwatcher (yay!) and with her binoculars identified the bluebird and phoebe we had seen. We concluded the especially beautiful loop having hiked 5 or 6 miles. Next week we will probably go back to Spenceville as Clarence has a couple more of these routes up his sleeve. He is planning to scope them out this Friday. If anyone is interested in going tomorrow, please contact him. Photos by Clarence - and if I knew how to delete the one of me, I would...oh well.
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