At first we took pictures about every five feet. The plants and flowers beg to be photographed.
I can't capture the scale of the forest in these pictures, but here are a few of Sam and I to give you an idea.
Our hike took us to a lookout where we got to see the continental divide. The caretakers of the forest have done an incredible job with the trails and the gentle ascent was a pleasure to travel.
Next we got to cross this hanging bridge. The limit is 10 people and I counted people the whole way across. I was a little nervous. We were very high--eye to eye with bird's nests.
After that we went to a waterfall where we saw our first wildlife (no doubt we were surrounded the whole time, but this is the first time we noticed anything except the bugs we had learned about in our tour the day before).
At first what we saw something monkey-ish in the trees (I know, I'm such a naturalist). I'm not going to insult you with my picture of that. Next, as we walked along the trail, a little animal practically fell on to the trail in front of us (we need things to be that obvious). We got quiet and tip toed up on it. It could have cared less. It was hunting a mouse and was not to be distracted by us. This was my moment! And I was out of batteries. I had taken so many pictures that my camera was done. I tried the old turn it on and turn it off again trick. In the end I got about four pictures of the animal's hind end. Every time he turned around, my camera died. I started talking to him, pleading with him to pay me any attention at all, but he was not moved. This is the best of the bunch.
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| You may be wondering what this animal is. I, too, wonder. |
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