Fordyce Falls

From Frank:

 

It looks like we started hiking at 9:52 am

We got to the falls at 12:41 so the hike in took us 2 hr 41 minutes. 

 

We started hiking out at 1:49 pm.  Lunch took 1 hour and 8 minutes

We arrived back at the car at 4:01 pm, so 2 hours 11 minutes to get back.

 

No wonder some of us were so bushed on the return. 

 

also from Frank...

So we hiked anywhere from over 8.5 miles to 9.5 miles, depending on whose GPS device you want to go with.  Lots of up and down as well - over 1 K feet...

 

Nine of us hiked however many miles into Fordyce Falls.  We encountered no snow and an odd assortment of wildflowers:  Shooting Stars, Snow Plant, Phlox, even some Penstemon, and Naked Star Tulip. 

Lake Spaulding

 

Naked Star Tulip

 

Snow Plant

 

Fordyce Falls

 

 

 

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