I treated myself to a hike (really, just a walk...) on my birthday.  Ripley and I went to Lower and Middle McCloud Falls in the morning. As we approached Lower Falls, there was a group of school kids gathered at the viewing area, getting ready to start the hike to Middle Falls, so Rip and I started out a head of them.  The photos of Middle Falls came first - while it was still cool.  By the time I got back to Lower Falls, the hair was up in a pony tail!

 It was a beautiful morning!