Monte Cristo 6-3-2018

Cedar, Luna and I took advantage of a cloudy day to head up to Monte Cristo.  There were hardly any people, hardly any bugs, and the rugged landscape was crowned with patches of snow and distant cascading waterfalls. 

There were a lot of wildflowers blooming as well, including columbine, trillium, bleeding hearts, and yellow violets.

I'm not sure what this was, but the color, texture and pattern as it unfolded was gorgeous.

Columbine growing by the old train rails.

Cedar and Luna enjoyed the wide, fairly easy trail.  They were more interested in the trail smells and chipmunks than the views though.

We ate some lunch and explored the old forest service buildings and Monte Cristo town area before heading back.

We ate our lunch on that log bench with no sound but the breeze across the peaks and the song of the river.

After we crossed back over the logs that span the little river channels, I took a picture.  The dogs like bridges of all kinds and seemed happy to be trotting over logs.  Luna tripped over a branch and scrabbled a bit in one spot.  Silly girl. 

Happy adventuring!