We ventured out around 17:30 (5pm) on Wednesday, May 28 to see how much rain fell on the trail, and how it affected the streams. There were lots of signs of a heavy rainfall on the slopes leading into the streams. The streams were flowing pretty well, but they were by not means full, and I don’t expect it to take long for them to return to a trickle, if we don’t get more rain, soon.
It’s always pretty after a rain; the colors are super saturated and you can hear the water cascading over large tree roots that hold back the water.
I discovered a tree that had a branch that actually merged with another part of the tree. It’s difficult to describe, but lucky for you, I took a picture. You can see in the photo on the left where a branch, growing from the mostly horizontal trunk of the tree has become one with the two vertical limbs that are part of the same tree. At one point, it’s like a rung in a ladder.
We mostly hiked along the streams and took photographs while there was enough light. It was not overcast when the sun set, so the twilight held out until about 21:00 (9pm). It got dark before we returned to the vehicles and then we grabbed some campfire food and went back out to eat, drink, and recline in our hammock chairs.
It was almost midnight when we finally left the forest. I’m not sure how the time got away from us, but maybe we were just too comfortable in our hammocks!
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