Huckleberries, Mountain Lass and Bull Moose

As we went up the trail near the creek we saw whole families picking berries and asked 'what are those?' "Huckleberries", they proclaimed and gave us a few to try - Sweet! They were everywhere so on the way down we picked a small bag full and the next morning had Huckleberry Pancakes, yum yum!

Had to include these pics of a favorite person overcoming her worst fears - sheer drops from narrow mountain ledges. Just moments before we had seen a whole group almost crawl past this point, mumbling to themselves barely able to put one foot in front of another. Fear is a funny (odd) thing and Ava was determined not to let in it deter her.

This was the reward. At Inspiration Point the trail goes back up the valley for miles and miles into the mountains and we had been told on the trail that there was a bull moose hanging around uspstream in the valley. We went looking and found it about a 1/4 mile in. He gave us lots of good looks as he was perfectly comfortable to sit and watch us. While there the weather worsened and we had to don our Frog Togs and leave lest the storm blow us off the mountain ledge on the way down. Didn't happen - it cleared off and we hiked down safely.