After a “big breakfast”, Steve got the backpack ready...he would be using his camera today so he packed the telephoto lens, along with water and we were ready to head out.
Steep canyon walls wth lush vegetation...gorgeous...
The falls are just beautiful!
A group of people came in behind us and one of the young fellows went through the water into a cave behind the falls....
...and back out...
Personally, I think he was nuts!! One wrong step on the slippery rock and if he didn’t kill himself, he would have hurt himself badly! But he made it...whew...
Time to head back out...
After Margaret Falls, we walked to the trailhead of another trail that goes up to a viewpoint and then continues up the mountain, eventually crossing the creek that feeds Margaret Falls. The views and the hike was great but quite honestly, I think we were nuts to do it on such a hot day.
The viewpoint...
We can see our rig from up here...
After the viewpoint, the trail continued up the mountain...
...to a bridge that crossed Reinecker Creek...
Steve stopped to splash water on his face before the trek back down...
We arrived back home at about 1:00...hot and tired! We had hiked just over 5 miles/8 kms. Okay, that is enough exercise for today!
After Steve got his haircut and I found a TD Bank, we did a little sightseeing around Salmon Arm...
...and then filled up the propane tank and gas can, and headed home.
Tomorrow a cold front is supposed to be coming in with cooler temps and thunderstorms....
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