We bought two grapefruits a while ago. This morning was to be the morning we had them. After careful preparation, we both decided they were uneatable. One was fibrous and the other was so bitter it would have made a good lemon substitute. So, breakfast was Grape-Nuts with banana.
We hiked 6.1 miles from camp to the upper and lower Doyle falls. One problem with having a camp at the top of a mountain is that most things, like waterfalls, are downhill. That makes for somewhat easy hiking to get to where you are going and a bear of a hike getting back out.
The Doyle Falls are reached by hiking 1.2 miles along the Appalachian Trail to reach the Doyle Falls trail. The Upper and Lower falls are then 1.5 miles downhill from that point. The hike down was relatively easy. The broken trees of the upper mountain gave way to trees that were undamaged by the harsh mountain top weather.
Upper falls is the tallest at 63 feet. That’s not all that much given the waterfalls of California but for this part of the country it is considered high.
Lower falls is only 28-feet but appears taller because the fall is almost continuous rather than in the three steps that the upper falls takes.
The return trip is all uphill. This is probably why the trail is rated moderately strenuous.
Lunch was the last of our Costco sushi and yogurt followed by a much-deserved nap.
