One of the joys of working Tuesdays through Saturdays is, well, having Sundays & Mondays off!
My father-in-law Ken usually has Mondays off too so we've dedicated our Mondays to exploring the unadventured in Powell River (well, at least to us). One of my goals this year is to do at least 3 new hikes every month. Today we decided to hike Sweetwater Trail (which, for you Powell Riverites reading this, is in the Mud Lake Trail System). One of my dearest friends, Mary Mitchell joined us for the hike too!
The trail was beautiful as it meandered through the rainforest alongside Sweetwater Creek. Like so many of Powell River's hikes, we encountered waterfalls (MacGregor Falls), creeksides covered in blankets of moss, and old gigantic stumps which indicate the Old Growth forests that once stood there.
Our favourite spot was called 'The Cauldron' where we watched the river bubbling and boiling from a bridge high up above. I l-o-v-e creative names like that!
Enjoy the photos. xo
Mary & Ken overlook an area at the beginning of the trail where portions of the forest have been clearcutted.
Oh look! A wild pansy...a wild johnny-jump-up!
We watched the waters churn, bubble & boil in the 'Cauldron'...
...from the bridge built high up above!
Creation speaks of God's glory & love for the details in the fiddlehead fern.
"Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom; you ore exalted as head over all."
I Chronicles 29:11
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