Be prepared for several photos of various waterfalls. The trip we took today had a plethora of them.
We went from Pulga the village up to Swamp Creek, with a trek down to Mayoro, all to show Laurie and Brenda Braaten a place they'd never seen. It's been years since we've taken the road, so it was a very nice day out for all of us.
One cool thing that couldn't be photographed was the sound of the wind in the taut power lines. As it was a ferociously blustery day, we heard a loud humming, deep-vibratory and soulful, and realized it was the "guitar strings in the sky" above us, being strummed by the east wind.
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| Sweat lodge/sauna at Pulga |
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| Too many creeks to know the names of most for certain |
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| water |
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| Dogwood Creek |
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| Brenda and me at Dogwood Creek |
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| Camp Creek |
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| water |
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| The powerhouse down at Mayoro |
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| Laurie admires a tree growing into and around a big boulder |
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| the fountain at Mayoro is still there, albeit almost buried in Scotch Broom and other thicket plants |
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| the foot-bridge that doubles as a Hephalump trap |
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| magic want (or, more prosaically, tree and water) |
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| Laurie, Brenda, and Jeffery - my adventure companions |
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| okay, I need to look these up again...... |
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| Still not sure. Hmmm. **EDIT** They are Indian Warriors, in the Lousewort family |
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| View down to the Grizzly Dome Tunnel's west entrance |
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| zoom of same |
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| leaving Butte Co. |
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| looking down at the Onion Skins, Arch Rock Tunnel and Shady Rest rest area |
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| Love this unknown creek and Falls! |
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| Swamp Creek |
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| Jeffery and Brenda at Swamp Creek |
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| Cresta Dam and the Grizzly Dome tunnel's east entrance |
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| zoom on the exit of Elephant Butte Tunnel (unsee-able) and the entrance to the Grizzly Dome Tunnel. |
We headed home along that same highway you see above, trying to figure out which waterfalls up top matched the ones seen from the lower perspective.
