I couldn't let my mom come out and visit without taking her hiking! The weather was not the greatest while she was here, so we picked a day and crossed our fingers. It was very dreary looking when we rolled out of bed on Monday morning, but we decided to take our chances and headed east on U.S. 2. We had decided to hike Wallace Falls which is about 5.5 miles roundtrip and would be perfect since our days had just been drastically shortened due to daylight savings time.
Small Falls ... the first waterfall that we came upon
Mossy trees
Addy, me, Lucy
Waterfall #2 ... Lower Falls
They are very creative with naming around here :)
My mother in front of Lower Falls with Middle Falls in the background
Middle Falls with snow covered trees above it!
Take #2 ... it was absolutely beautiful!
Sun coming through the trees
and Take #2
Lucy and her backpack!
Addy!
Middle Falls
The top of Middle Falls
The sun was trying its very hardest to peek out
Beautiful
We finally made it to Upper Falls and to be quite honest with you, I thought Middle Falls was much more impressive
I really liked this trail ... every half mile they had a mile marker telling you how far you had gone, what the next half mile would be like (easy, medium or hard) and a trail map for you to look at. It was great!
Lucy playing in the river
I got a few good pictures of the peaks around Wallace Falls on our way out ... they are ruined by the gigantic power lines running through, so please ignore those :)
We were SO lucky that the weather held out ... there were several times it looked very dark and ominous but we had a great time and the scenery was beautiful. Wallace Falls was a great hike and very easy to get to!
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