 Dix Wilderness |
 Cascade |
 Waiting for Jeff to wake up |
 onto the trail |
 rock hopping |
 fine fall foliage |
 we get our favored camp site and have frisbee too |
 breached beaver dam |
 provides a muddy trail |
 next to rhodedendron pond where there are ducks |
 and beavers |
 and a lovely fallscape |
 goofy on the return |
 smile |
 the sun sets over our next day's agenda |
 onto the rocks for dinner |
 short cut in the morning |
 brings us to lilypad pond |
 and a herd path |
 a stream to cross |
 and a nice breakfast spot |
 monster gloves |
 and we head up the stream |
 watching out for slippery rock |
 into the woods for long stretches |
 and back to the stream |
 more stream climbing |
 getting views |
 neat boulder and |
 dripping rock in the wrong gully |
 now to the base of the slide |
 water under ice |
 taking a break |
 with a view |
 more ice |
 more climbing |
 to the wall |
 above the wall is rock |
 above the rock are lots of loose boulders |
 climbing carefully |
 through the brush to the safety of a cliff |
 all make it |
 a scramble up a wedge |
 and we are on top, whew dew |
 lunch out of the wind |
 wide view |
 ready to move on |
 we pose |
 our ridges and slide beckon |
 into the ridge herdpath |
 looking back |
 from Hough |
 a raven visits |
 retrieving a lost hat |
 descending Hough |
 a snack on South Dix |
 views south from East Dix |
 on top |
 nice view east too |
 we cross to the north view |
 not every timer shot is perfect |
 posing with Giant in the background |
 we take a good long break |
 before we descend this |
 posing on high |
 the descent begins |
 then pauses for a fearless pose |
 frightened? |
 flighty? |
 descending around |
 and under |
 across some ledges |
 and it is walking on a parking lot |
 rest by the stream |
 loosen up dude |
 past the big rock |
 back along the herd path |
 Mr Photogenic |
 braves a swim |
 we eat in camp, chasing critters |
 soon enough; hey guys, there's blue sky, lets go climb Cascade |
 we break camp |
 cross the river |
 and again |
 breakfast in blasting wind at Cascade Lake |
 up the trail we go |
 through fall foliage |
 to lovely views |
 onto the rock |
 a pose in the wind |
 a final scramble |
 on top |
 we paoe |
 and scramble over |
 to a rock out of the wind |
 neat rock |
 the descent |
 all is well |
 hitchhikers |
 shared |
 roadside climbers |