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So we've been on a losing streak trying to get to high-ish elevation trails lately. We've been getting turned around by snow on a pretty regular basis, as is pretty common this time of year. On this particular day, we were heading for some hiking in the Indian Heaven area, but got turned around well short of our goal (miles before the trailhead, even!). So we took the hounds on some forest roads to stretch our legs. On the way back down Panther Creek Rd., Virginia noticed a deck that appeared to be hanging over a bluff in the middle of the woods. We were unfortunately out of time for the day, so we had to split. When we returned a week later, we found the very short trail down to the Panther Creek Falls overlook. What a great spot! There are two trails, one very steep descent to get down to the bottom of the falls, and another well-maintained and very east stroll to the overlook.
One of several roads we ran in to that were snowed in. We will have to come back later in the spring to hike Indian Heaven.
Bat-dog.
Cape Horn overlook. The first time I've ever actually stopped to snap a photo of this view of Hwy 14, so "gorge-ous", get it? OK OK, lame I know.
A few photos from our first attempt to find Panther Creek Falls. We ended up driving up a random forest road and taking a long walk in the rain, then stopped by the still-closed Panther Creek Campground.
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