The idea of the Rock Circuit Trail is that the trail will go out of its way to hit as many rocks as possible. There are even trail blazes that instruct you to go to the highest point in each rock formation before continuing on. The hike was 6 miles total, but it probably would have only been 5 if not for its philosophy of hitting all rocks.
Alex got another chance to try out his rock climbing skills, and climbed up a crack that he would rank a 5.8 (well, 5.9 in hiking boots) on the rock wall scale. I took an easier route over to the left -- maybe a 5.6.
Since it was a birthday hike, we got to eat pie with lunch (quite luxurious):
Other attractions included a snake:
A snake egg:
Invasive caterpillar nests:
Robert trying to burn the invasive nests:
A rock circle in which to discuss things:
Some green areas:
A water tower that looked like it could come from Myst:
A waterfall:
Rest time:
And, of course, pylons to keep the smoke monster from following you down the trail.
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