Tuesday, May 8, 2012...

The weather was about perfect today. The winds we had yesterday were gone, the sun was out and it warmed up to near 70. We decided to return to the Mossy Cave/waterfall trail for some better pictures. We hiked up past the waterfall to a higher vantage point than we had gone to yesterday. After that, we followed an old creek bed for a ways to get some new views of some of the hoodoos. It was a very relaxing day.

Since we left home, we have seen five new species of birds. Probably the most interesting one was the Stellar Jay. It is about the size of a blue jay but the plumage on top of its head is larger and both the head and the plumage on top of its head are black. We also saw a black chinned hummingbird and the names of the others escapes me at the moment.