The Last Few Days of our Stay

The campground has few campers each night so after our regular chores. we are picking litter on the beach, pruning bushes along trails and doing a little walking in the woods.

Fall colors are coming on

Sonny on litter patrol

Vine maples go crazy with color.  They get lots more sun since the tall
canopy trees came down in the 2012 wind storm.

I was on the beach picking up litter after the weekend.  This
large upside down fish was laying along the edge.

Someone created totems along the
Wenatchee River near the boat
launch.

Multi media-rocks, sticks, moss.

Another view

Driftwood tree

Driftwood possibilities

Looking back towards the boat launch and Emerald Island. 

On our last day off, I drove up to the end
of Cedar Brae to the Hidden Lake trail head
for a little walk in the woods. Here, I was
trying to catch a view of Dirty Face
Peak through the trees.  You can see
Lake Wenatchee.

This set of pictures loaded backwards so this was actually the end of walk
returning to my Jeep.

I was trying to get a selfie
inside a big burned out cedar
tree. 

Was this rock put here intentionally or ?

This little creek waterfall was coming
from Hidden Lake.

Sadly, there is always litter in the woods. Broken bottle that
that wasn't packed out.

Hidden Lake reflections.  All was quiet and still.

It was amazing to me that the vine maple had green leaves except for
this one red one.  How does that happen??

More color

Better view of Dirty Face Peak through the trees

I was able to walk almost all the way around the lake.  There were several
little beach areas for picnics but not overnight.

Was this someone's directional totem?  I added a rock to the top.

This was once a very tall tree.

Man made dam across the stream flowing from Hidden Lake

Many trees have suffered fire
damage over the decades

So peaceful and calm.

Lots of work making bird homes
in this tree.

Amazing that this tree could still
continue growing.

Can you see that the left side of this
tree isn't touching the ground? And
yet, the tree still grows!

Doggie in the truck at the laundry mat in Plain

View from our breakfast window looking at site # 47

On Sunday morning, campers came to the beach.
The air temp was in the low 60s and this woman got into her tube to
float in the freezing water.

Camper creation on a stump.

Pretty wheel barrow garden at the Tate's home.  They invited us to
watch the Seahawks' game on Sunday afternoon.

We were invited to go on an adventure to the ghost town of Trinity, 25 miles
up into the mountains for  an overnight.  Trinity was a nickel mining town and
once had a population of 300 in the 30s. The current caretakers were on vacation so
 we were with friends on dog feeding patrol.  Our 3 vehicle caravan started
at the snow park.

 Firefighters have been clearing a 300' swath of underbrush and
trees up to 20" in diameter to take away the fuel for out of control
forest fire near Plain.

The community was fearful of the swath being a clear cut
but the woodsmen created a park like area along the road.

Our hosts took along two of their sled dogs, Buster and Winter.
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