Boulder River 05-12-2018

I got an early start with Cedar and Luna and arrived at the Boulder River Trailhead before 8am.  The road was brutally pot-holed on the way in.  I was worried Luna was going to have a heart attack as she doesn't care for car rides anyway.  This hike is a bit over 8 1/2 miles round trip.

This hike is a treasure - towering trees, beautiful flowers and the beautiful music of Boulder River serenading you for nearly 100% of the hike.  I was happy to see bleeding heart, trillium, violets, and other flowers I couldn't identify.

Ferns were slowly unfurling from their fiddle heads like little spiraled plant sculptures. 

Most people on this trail only come as far as these beautiful falls.  They were stunning with the morning sun shining against that frothing cascade.

The river was milky with glacial till washing out from the peaks above.  It was also very full and you could hear the boulders tapping each other under the current now and then.

These shelf fungi looked so cool with the sun hitting the dew drops on them.  My camera told me to use flash so I did and it was amazing!  All the dew glowed like it was under a black light.  Here is a photo without flash and one with.

At one point Luna was slipping around on the end of a sloped log - she looked like she was moon walking. When I got up to the log I saw that it sloped off to a drop off into the river!  Crazy dog.  I only had them off leash for a little while.  I heard a couple animals in the brush that I never saw and Cedar growled twice in the direction I though that something was. 

At the end of the trail finally, one tired lady and one tired 9 yr old Adventure Dog.  Luna was not tired at all, but for once didn't seem to mind taking a break for ham and cheese.  While we were sitting there I saw a harlequin duck coming down through the rapids.  What a great day!

Pose pretty!

And now a funny face shot!