Notch Pass — Saturday, Jun. 9, 2018

A great hike in a forest, and if there ever was a place  where you would expect to be ambushed by the Orcs of the Red Hand, it is in the heart of the Notch Pass. Beautiful forest, rhododendrons in bloom, giant moss covered boulders, and a web of fallen tress from a long ago fire.

When the trail crosses the second road, go to the right to find the trail shortly down the road on the opposite side of the road.

Before reaching the Shanty Camp there is a bridge over a small, yet beautiful canyon being carved into the soft clay. It is easy to cross, but our canine companion found the view terrifying and refused to cross. The canyons' walls where too steep for her to gather the nerve to cross without using the bridge, so here is where we rested before making the return trip. So at the bridge, the canine could not pass...