getting ready to rumble.
The FOMFOK obligatory group photo, if your curious, no I don't have gas, I'm staring at the little light on the camera like a idiot.
heading up to Castle Rock itself.
Water flowing through the limestone has created very odd shapes and patterns
Fearless Leader
Theeee winner
Mike catching me with my own camera
3 shot wide angle panorama of the "Alien" pattern in the cave, Castle Rock State Park
Trail heading away from castle rock
Mike climbs to another cave.
He's stuck! help me push!, or damn why is he carrying all this crap?
boing!
hey where did he go!? ( actually I created this panorama with 2 photos of which Mike was in both ), taken by our helpers :)
OMG its a long way down!, R U CRZY! LOL ???
Mike helping Shirley into the cave.
Shirley and I monopolize the cave
Mike really wants to play in our treehouse ( rockhouse? )
Mike demonstrates proper rock climbing techniques.
Shirley emerges
Marching to the sound of bubble gum pop rock from the japanese group behind us.
King Creek
Castle Rock has nicely shaded trails
nice big rock at the overlook of Kings Creek falls. ( you can see poeple in this picture if you look closely.
Kings Creek Falls, ( more like kings creek drip in mid to late summer ), 3 photo wide angle panorama., Castle Rock State Park, CA
fog coming in from the west.
6 shot wide angle panorama from the lookout point past the falls, Castle Rock State Park, CA
Even on the easy parts there was a bit of scrambling to do.
looking southwest twords Santa Cruz
Mike does the trail happy dance
Fog rolling in over the ridges
this bridge specializes in ripping off cameras and throwing them into kings creek.
shot of the vantage point past the falls, if you follow the trail ( the dark line in the hillside ) you'll see people to the right
close in shot of the vantage point.
full shot of the vantage point, note the people for scale.
Nice shot of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
most of the trail was in good condition, a bit rockie in places but over all a great hike.
The extended trail tended to be a bit rockier
On the extended trail it was a bit narrower too
The extended trail was a bit more difficult.
A sheer drop to the left side of these steps, note the handrail/cable on the rock on the right.
And then I found out about how long the grade was, ( ow ow ooch ow )
