We planned to hike farther, but past the Gate there is no trail anymore. (Apparently there was one, or some semblance of one, as recently as a year ago.) The still-flowing river is getting choked with algae, and the banks are full of dense new willows.
It was a nice day - with a breeze, not too hot at all. I like 'new' (to me) hikes and also creek walking, and that's what it was!
The bears like it there too.
Edit - oh geez, I forgot the interesting part: tar! Still weird to me to see it just oozing out of the ground.
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bouldering:
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Trail:
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