Yes I know, I always say that I try to something new every time, but going to Nesika is really nice and there’s always something new, besides, we usually have a very nice group of people. This time, instead of taking the normal route up Multnomah Falls, we drove as high as we could on Palmer Mill Road. This is a forest service road that goes all the way to the lodge but this time of year it gets blocked by fallen trees and debris. From that point, we basically followed the road all the way to the lodge. We where hopping for soft snow so we could use our snowshoes but that never happened. The snow was compacted enough that snowshoes were not necessary. The road did offer though some interesting things. You’ll see in the pictures numerous shots of ice. Some of them are close-up shots of little needle like formations on the ground that I’m still figuring out how they are made. Once we got to the lodge and had something to eat, some of us went on a loop hike up Franklin ridge back to the creek. You’ll also see some really nice night pictures of ice and all the colors frozen behind it. On Sunday we went for a more adventurous hike on a new trail that Lisa and Linda are opening up. After that loop and going to the creek, we decided to go find the car which is one of the remnants of the old houses that were in the area long time ago. After searching for a while we first found the old engine that was used to try to get the car out. Knowing that the car was supposed be close by, we continued the search until I found it in the middle of the woods. It was a very interesting sight to see the rest of a car that has been up there for many years and see that a portion of it hasn’t even lost the color. After marking the position of the car and going back to the lodge, we had a nice lunch. After that, both Madhu and I started our hike out back to the cars as we were the only ones that didn’t have Monday off.
