Monday, September 7, 2015

Six Mile Day

... was a bit disappointed with myself after posting 'Ten Mile Day' for ditching the camera less than half way along the "trip" - so yesterday decided to hike up to where I left off to finish the "project"...

... lookin' back upriver from near the put-in at 'Casparis Hole...

... some white 'Morning Glories' that were bloomin' along the eastern shoreline...

... large patches of 'River Grass' (for the want of a better description - have no idea of the "technical name") along the shallow, rocky shoreline inside this wide bend...

... this 'panorama' would match viewing to the right of the previous image...

... this is some of the deepest stretch of the entire gorge - nearly 1200ft below the flanking mountainsides as the river drops west of 'Chestnut Ridge'...

... kayaking 'WildBill' Fiesta appeared later in the morning - he's the small speck right at the waterline in the lower left quadrant of the image - around seven o'clock of photo center - he really adds some scale to the landscape...

... lookin' downstream from atop 'Middle Rock' of the 'Three Sisters' (there's actually four) rock formation - that's 'Whale Rock' near...

... closer view of 'Whale Rock' - there's actually a decent boulder climb starting from out of the water to the left of the obvious thin crack/flake that is pretty difficult...

... HA! - 'Muscle Girl Sarah' scratched her name into the top of 'Middle Rock' over twenty years ago - is still there - don't know what's up with the cryptic 'U' that was carved in recently...

... pretty cool how these two eastern 'tinajas' have eroded into the soft sandstone...

... sacrificial cobbles to the river gods...

... used to be a large piece of 'Petrified Wood' lodged in the soft sandstone, but someone made off with it long ago...

... this is all that's left...

... lookin' upstream from the top of 'Middle Rock' to 'First Rock'...

... a bit downstream viewing back at 'The Three Sisters' - 'Whale Rock' near and 'Middle Rock' far - luckily a few people showed up to add some scale to the image - that's them standin' on 'Middle Rock...

... a "choppy" bend - this is about as rough as the current gets...

... look at these people hangin' out and havin' fun at this small beach!...

... a large sandstone river boulder left and a large ledge of 'Loyalhanna Limestone' right - this is where the limestone dips and disappears back underground for eventually hundreds of feet...

... sandstone boulders - this photo would match viewing left of the previous image...

... more large sandstone boulders...

... final stretch before the takeout and end of trip...

... drove 'WildBill' back upriver to the put-in to get his truck - add'n a bit of easy 'Off Roading' to the day...

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