Hemlock High Water

After the flooding rains during the week the sun finally decided to reappear and Cody called to see if I wanted to paddle Hemlock on Sunday. The answer was an enthusiastic yes and we met Ron at noon. The water was still real high, more than I have ever seen at the lake, we put in at the north end and headed south. The first stop was at Stony Beach and our favorite lunch site by the creek for a quick lunch then up the hill to look for the first of four geocaches. It was a no find on the first. We then headed south by Eagle Cliffs and viewed the many waterfalls along the way. We finally turned around about 4 miles down and headed back north. On the way back we hit three more caches and found them all, hint: at Hemlock Falls 1 DO NOT GO UP THE CREEK BED, we climbed to a point it got dangerous and gained no ground so we scaled the bank and hiked along the top of the ravine and made the find. After 8 miles of paddling and another mile of hiking up and down the steep hill side we headed home and finished the evening with grilled salmon, portabella pizzas and conversation. Most excellent day!!!