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| We arrive... at 9:30pm after a 3 hour drive. This is
the general store. Our rooms are upstairs. |
It was pouring cats & dogs as I unloaded the 'Burb. |
Here we are parked in front of the ranger station, and
Washington is living up to it's reputation as a rainy state. |
Heading out into the rain on the way to a day of sight
seeing. |
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| Meet little "Cody the Coyote" a wolf sable Pomeranian. |
The (wet) trail head to Langfield Falls. |
Looking at the falls through the trees. |
A little closer view. The falls are about 60 feet high. |
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| Looking downstream. |
A wet Cody. |
A wet & sleepy Cody. |
Mosquito Lake. |
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| A photo stop. |
Cody & Champy. Cody is a year & a half old, and
Champy is the "old lady" at 11 years old. |
Heading to Deadhorse cave. Nice road huh? Did I say road?
Yes, there is a "road" here. |
A Maple tree carwash. |
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| We seemed to have picked up a passenger. The hood ornament
is a chromed greyhound. Why not? This old 'Burb will do 125 MPH. |
Bright, and I mean bright tree ahead! |
Parked at the upper entrance to Deadhorse cave. It's
a lava cave, but has a very complex maze section. That's very unusual for
a lava cave, as most are tube-like tunnels. |
The "mouse hole" entrance. It leads to a 50 foot diameter
room, and then an even smaller hole to the cave proper. Yes, I have been
all through this cave! |
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| The 'Burb peaking over the sinkhole at the lower entrance. |
The lower entrance is about 3/4 mile below the upper
entrance. Part of Deadhorse Creek runs through this cave. Icy wind is blowing
out of there!! |
A bright tree by the cave's entrance. |
At last... pavement! |
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| No matter what, we can't seem to shake this leaf!! |
A memorial to Bert Plouvoy, a good friend who's not forgotten.
He was a logger who worked with my Grandfather in the days of crosscut
hand saws. (click the picture for a closer view) |
The amphitheater Where he used to show campers movies,
and tell tales about logging in the old days, and my friend, Ben &
I showed caving gear and pictures. Bert would stay in a cabin nearby all
summer. |
Goose lake. A mystical looking place even in bright sunlight.
There's ancient footprints in the solid lava floor of the lake, and you
have to see them by a boat. No gas boat motors allowed here. |
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| A nice meadow. |
A million lily pads. |
Some of the trees look like they're on fire. Love those
fall colors. |
Yet another road not suited for ordinary cars. |
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| Hope it comes out somewhere... |
Whew! It opened back up! I sure didn't want to back up
down that road! |
Natural bridges. These are remnants of a huge lava cave
that collapsed eons ago. the cave was about 80' tall inside. |
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