Day Hike to Pup Creek Falls

The map talked of Pup Creek Falls not far from where we camped. We decided to make a day hike to check it out after lunch.

warming water for breakfast on the fire

Betsy hung out behind the tent because she hated the fire

we spent the morning reading…

watching rafters go by…

and playing War

With the water so low, we weren’t expecting too much of the falls. But we were NOT disappointed… They were gorgeous and the highlight of the trip!

crossing Pup Creek

exploring around Pup Creek

   

heading up the trail to the falls

  

the upside down tree

the falls

waiting for Chris and I to arrive

we just had to explore and bit and get closer

and climb up to check out the pools

 

 the view from the pool

family pics

leaving the falls

one of the power line clearings

bridge over the bog

through the woods

through the grass

we filtered LOTS of water from the river

hanging out at camp

Theresa tried to start a fire with her shoelace like Survivor Man

it didn’t work as well for her :o)

Packing Out

After a chilly morning, we were ready to head back. Thanks to all the food we ate, most of our packs were much lighter. Sorry, Theresa!

 

 the river near “the narrows”

crossing the bridge

I was thankful that there wasn’t much water in most of the creeks

But the sun came out and it warmed up quite nicely for our hike out. So when we got back to Grandpa and Grandma’s, we were all ready for a shower.

If the road to Bull of the Woods doesn’t open soon, this may be where we go next year, too…

Deep Creek and Birthdays

When we got back from backpacking we headed down to the creek with Dad, Grandma Ide, Amy and the kids, and Frank and Ada to cool off a bit.

The water was a bit low, but it was nice and cool down there and was very relaxing… solar panels for the pump house

the pump house

it looks like command central in there

Stella loved it

Charlie is ready to swim (sort of)

the kids all played on the opposite bank

Ada enjoyed it, too

and Dad taught her how to skip rocks

visiting with Grandma before heading back

Later that evening we had Mexican food for dinner and celebrated Amy’s birthday (a little late). It was fun to get to see everyone!

the ice cream cake! Yum!

 

LOVE the tableware!

Ada watches from Grandpa’s arms

lighting candles

Amy gets help blowing them out

Then we spent the rest of the week at Mom and Dad’s. We worked on the trailer, went shopping around town, I spent one day fabric shopping with Amy for our newest project and the next day with Theresa. We went to Foobon’s, out to eat dim sum, ate dessert at Pix, and then went thrift store shopping. On Saturday we had supper with the Paulsons and went to the Ide family reunion on Sunday at Silver Falls.

 Stella, Nicole and Mae

Ada had fun!

Uncle Dennis introduces our family slideshow

the family tree

It was a great week! But it’s good to be home…