Playin'

We went to Swisher Falls up in Angeles Crest the day before yesterday--hadn't been there since visiting in January. We went late in the day, so didn't take a real long hike but it was fun to see how much more water was in the stream that runs through there. The woods are beautiful; we'll go earlier next time and get some pics. We found a poor sapling that someone had tried to break for a walking stick, but clearly didn't have the tools to finish... so we got out our trusty pocket knives and made His & Her walking sticks.

There are two trails we've done at Swisher... one is longer and goes up the crest to overlook the waterfall from above. The other ends in the rock wall around the pool and you can clamber around and see the falls. We took the shorter trail... and split up. Ben went around to the steep side and the dog & I stayed on the other side. I was calling to him that I wasn't going to go any further with the dog because it was too steep when I saw his eyes get big and he pointed... just as I was almost jerked off the ledge by Sophi who decided she could SLIDE down to the pool and swim. If Ben hadn't been there I have NO IDEA how I would have gotten her back out.

The sunset on the way out was gorgeous... pictures of course never capture it.

Today we went on a short walk up at the end of Lake (really close to the house. And saw a different kind of snake! So fun.

Lastly, big congratulations to the new Heil addition--Willa Claire!! :-D