15-February 2015 to 16-February 2015: Ultimately, the path led us towards a gorge where we knew Mission Creek had to have been responsible for it. And about five minutes after the fork (about 10:50am now), we descended down to Mission Creek, which not surprisingly was not flowing. There was a pool here, however. So that gave me some hope that just maybe there might still be pools further upstream.

Julie was having doubts about stream scrambling, but given how dry the conditions were, I’m sure the stream scramble was now much easier than it would’ve been had we had to climb the waterfalls themselves. It was one of those catch-22s where the scrambling was easier, but with the endless summer, there would be no water. I’m sure if there was water, it would be more worthwhile to do this hike, but then it’d be harder to keep going….

• Day 1: SETTLING FOR TRICKLES
• Day 2: SPANISH INSPIRATIONS

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