Dunanda Falls and hot pots

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Loading up the packs and getting ready to hit the trail head.

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A pond full of lily pads

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Stopping for a water break

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A precarious crossing. Tom got some really good video footage of this. I will post that when I get to the videos.

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A hiking we will go. I forgot the mention the length of this hike. It was about sixteen miles round trip. So Matthew was quite the trooper, especially considering the mosquitoes that were attacking him the whole way out despite the repellent. Jenny commented on seeing him that he must have the mosquito pox. He was covered in them. Poor kid.

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Dunanda Falls

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I think it was a real bonding experience for Tom and Matthew. You can kind of see from this picture that they had been in some rain. Fun stuff.

IMG_3075 There were no pictures of Matthew and Tom in the hot pots, so I put in a picture of these posers. I know Matthew really enjoyed the hot pots. Another one of his highlights was the huckleberry cobbler Grandpa made from fresh huckleberries they picked there in the mountains.

Comments

Candice McWhorter said…
awww! looks like SO much fun!
August 19, 2010 at 12:07 PM
Randi said…
looks like an awesome place!
August 19, 2010 at 10:29 PM
Jamie said…
what awesome pics... except maybe the last one! Since when do your brothers think they are calvin klein models? Weirdos;) Anyway, miss you already!
August 20, 2010 at 12:41 AM
Taffy and Tony said…
Looks like a great trip! Where is this place? I'd love to go!
August 20, 2010 at 10:40 PM
Tom and Jen Loveland Family said…
Taffy, it is not too far from Ashton, ID in the same general vicinity as Mesa Falls if you are familiar with that area at all. Violet might know. The trail head starts at Bechler Ranger Station. If you want more specifics, send me an email and I will try to help you out with directions, etc.
August 21, 2010 at 10:36 PM
triplej said…
I have been there...it is beautiful. Mesa Falls is amazing too. Looks like so much fun. Hope you are feeling good!
August 31, 2010 at 4:56 PM
Brea Eskelsen said…
Wow what beautiful country! Love the family pictures below. I do wish we lived closer so that Lucy and Ema could play! They are about the same age.
September 2, 2010 at 11:42 AM
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