TIM McLENEGAN

Castle Crags May 2017

  1. Burney Falls
  2. Burney Falls is tall.
  3. Yessica at Burney Falls.
  4. Yessica liked these purple flowers along the trail.
  5. We were both fascinated by the tiny grass islands on the river.
  6. Lower McCloud Falls.
  7. Yessica is excited to be so close to the falls.
  8. Not very tall, but there’s a lot of water moving.
  9. Middle McCloud Falls.
  10. Yessica wanted to push this boulder over the top of the falls, but I think it’d be too heavy to do so. I told her it will fall on its own in a few thousand years.
  11. Middle McCloud Falls.
  12. The bottom of Upper McCloud Falls.
  13. The Castle Crags.
  14. A very snowy Mt. Shasta.
  15. Castle Dome and Root Creek Falls.
  16. Root creek falls is very tall and fills little pools on its way down.
  17. A few of the sections of Root Creek Falls.
  18. Yessica liked seeing these wild succulents.
  19. It has little arms!
  20. A fairly large and colorful lizard resting along the trail.
  21. We liked these giant leaves.
  22. Resting our feet in frigid water after a good hike.
  23. Resting along Root Creek.
  24. On the trail up to Castle Dome.
  25. Mt. Shasta from the Castle Dome Trail.
  26. Some of the granite spires at the upper part of the trail.
  27. Best sign to see after a tough climb.
  28. Mt. Lassen as seen from the base of Castle Dome.
  29. Castle Dome
  30. Yessica walking through the rock columns on the way down.
  31. Mt. Shasta right at sunset.
  32. Flying the new drone on the top of a mountan.
  33. At the end of the trail at the base of Castle Dome.
  34. If we had not been worn out and climbed Black Butte, this is the view of Mt. Shasta we would have had. I cheated and flew a drone up there.
  35. At the Black Butte trailhead.
  36. Hedge Creek Falls.
  37. Yessica at the bottom of Hedge Creek Falls.
  38. I froze the waterfall.
  39. In the cave behind Hedge Creek Falls.
  40. On a log in fron tof Hedge Creek Falls.
  41. One last touch of the falls.
  42. Some reddish water coming out of the ground.
  43. Mt. Shasta above the Sacramento River.
  44. A stripey bamboo shoot.
  45. Tim gets wet in Hedge Creek Falls.
  47. You can see some climbers at the top of Castle Dome.
  48. Mt. Shasta
  49. The Gray Rocks from Castle Crags State Park.
  50. Panorama of the Castle Crags.
  51. Mt Shasta.
  52. At the Castle Crags viewpoint.
  53. At the Castle Crags viewpoint with Mt. Shasta.