Rough Going Part 2

The place I went to is messy and not super photogenic in some terms. I know some folks might pass up taking shots of places like this, but...

this is nature. 

Trees fall, branches come down and life goes on.

This is on the east end of the narrow valley. Charlie and I admired the ice and then crossed the little stream and headed up over the top of the ice.

We followed what used to be an old riding trail and that is a well worn game trail now.

16 seconds of  a cell phone pano of this spot...with Charlie whining

for us to 'get moving'!!!
This could give you an idea what it was

like down in this narrow valley.

I was getting tired by the time we hit this 'Ice Cave'. I'd climbed into it two years ago and decided to follow Charlie as he was able to find the easiest way in and out.

The ice curtain wasn't huge, but the 'cave' was pretty large. 

Here I am looking down on the valley I just walked through.

We kept going over the dry runs and making detours to get around fallen trees and ravines that were too steep to climb through.

We eventually made it back to the bluffs above the river.

Charlie and I headed out towards the area where you can follow part of an old logging road... this photo you have seen before...

I don't normally follow this path but since it was an easier trail, we went with it. I had been gone almost too long from home.

However when we reached this valley I turned my head and saw some ice forming on the south facing hillside rocks. We had to check it out.

I realized that ice was forming all along in this valley too. Different from the other valley, but intriguing and exciting anyway!

This is a very narrow valley also with a stream that runs through it. The valley is so narrow that it rarely gets much sun except in the height of summer. 

Like I said before. If I'd had an entire day, I could have visited at least two more large 'Ice Caves' and another valley. Sigh.