After a lazy morning, we drove up to Fish Creek Falls. There were two short walks to different viewing areas for the waterfalls (which were pretty neat) but what caught our attention was the 5 mile trail up to Long Lake. No, we didn't go the 5 miles but we did hike up the mountain for over 30 minutes (which should have been about 1 1/2 miles UP) and then turned around and came back down. It was a pretty hike, not too hard but fairly steep. The mountain side was covered with some type of wild raspberry bushes and wild blue berry bushes. Another couple of weeks and we would have scared bears out them.
After lunch at the RV, we put on our swim suits and drove up to Strawberry Park Hot Springs and partook of the hot waters. We could see the steaming water running down the hill into one of several layers of pools. One was VERY hot, the next was hot and the third was tepid and the fourth was icy cold! There were several small, personal sized pools as well. They had put out lots of heavy log chairs, some tents, and then there were rock ledges, rock lodges, massage areas and picnic areas. It was a very busy place with lots of sunburned people.
RJ and Erin may remember our visit to this spot in the dead of winter about 12 years ago. Lots of snow on the ground and some falling from the sky. They wanted to swim but we hadn't brought our suits. It hasn't changed too much.
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