Two miles up the Spring Creek trail on a hot summer day. Crystal clear, ice cold water cascading down a deep canyon under the canopy of tall, old-growth cedars…
In another week or so, the water volume will be a little less, and this stream will flow completely underground before it gets to the valley, but a mile up the trail it will flow like this all summer long. Few people make the hike and so they don’t know the stream is there. It has a sister stream a few miles away that does the same thing.
Ah, so refreshing! I can almost hear the stream babbling along and feel the cool breeze and imagine my tootsies in the fresh, crisp water. Cold? Yep, I like it!
That’s an excellent way to put it! At some point, small streams like that are what make life possible on our planet. Now if we could convince everyone to cherish and protect them!
I’m more than willing to think cool, but I’d rather be cool — and that looks like a fine place to pursue coolth!
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Comment by shoreacres — June 24, 2017 @ 9:29 pm
It was in the 80’s in the valley today, but I had my jacket on there.
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Comment by montucky — June 24, 2017 @ 9:33 pm
I bet that water is cold. Looks very refreshing.
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — June 24, 2017 @ 11:39 pm
The stream flow is still more than its summer normal because it still contains snow melt. That also helps cool the whole canyon.
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Comment by montucky — June 25, 2017 @ 7:40 am
Perfect on a hot day.
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Comment by wordsfromanneli — June 25, 2017 @ 8:25 am
Yes, it’s good to have such places!
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Comment by montucky — June 25, 2017 @ 8:43 am
Gorgeous photos! I could gaze at them for ages!
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Comment by Jo Woolf — June 25, 2017 @ 1:17 am
In another week or so, the water volume will be a little less, and this stream will flow completely underground before it gets to the valley, but a mile up the trail it will flow like this all summer long. Few people make the hike and so they don’t know the stream is there. It has a sister stream a few miles away that does the same thing.
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Comment by montucky — June 25, 2017 @ 7:45 am
Ah, so refreshing! I can almost hear the stream babbling along and feel the cool breeze and imagine my tootsies in the fresh, crisp water. Cold? Yep, I like it!
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Comment by Mama's Empty Nest — June 25, 2017 @ 11:12 am
I am very thankful that places like this still exist. This particular one isn’t threatened, but many like it are.
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Comment by montucky — June 25, 2017 @ 11:43 am
Water like that is so life affirming. Beautiful captures!
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Comment by Hanna — June 25, 2017 @ 12:18 pm
That’s an excellent way to put it! At some point, small streams like that are what make life possible on our planet. Now if we could convince everyone to cherish and protect them!
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Comment by montucky — June 25, 2017 @ 12:45 pm
It certainly does give a sense of coolness. Lovely.
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Comment by Vicki — June 25, 2017 @ 5:50 pm
That’s a wonderful place to be on a hot summer day!
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Comment by montucky — June 25, 2017 @ 6:03 pm
That looks awesome, wish I could transport there after a week or so of over 110 here.
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Comment by Candace — June 26, 2017 @ 9:29 pm
I wish you could just duck in there on those very hot days! Even if the canyon did heat up a bit, the stream would still be ice cold.
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Comment by montucky — June 26, 2017 @ 9:39 pm
Yeah, we don’t really have too many streams around right now 😦
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Comment by Candace — June 26, 2017 @ 9:42 pm
The years that I spent in Arizona impressed on me just how precious a stream is, and I am completely in love with the beautiful, cold streams here.
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Comment by montucky — June 26, 2017 @ 9:46 pm