https://embiggen.net/category/tags/hiking en https://embiggen.net/post/hiking-harper-creek <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>For Karen's birthday (coming up on Thursday), we took the boys and went hiking on some trails around <a href="http://www.ncwaterfalls.com/nharper1.htm">Harper Creek</a> in the Wilson Creek area.  We did about 6 miles, and it was a blast.  The trail included a bunch of creek crossings and Sean and Daniel had a great time looking for and catching crawfish, salamanders, and newts.  I caught a Northern Water Snake at the falls.</p> <p>Along the way, we found some natural water slides that Daniel and Alec wanted to try.  Karen and I checked out the landing area and figured that no one would die (<em>probably</em>) and let them loose.  They did fine up until Daniel's final run when he caught some air, overshot the pool he was going to land in, and hit the big rocks on the far side.  He did survive, though.  Check out the video.</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WXFTzAdnytk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WXFTzAdnytk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Pictures:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://embiggen.net/sites/default/files/creek.crossing.jpg"><img src="https://embiggen.net/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/creek.crossing.jpg?itok=eGjKI8E4" width="100" height="75" alt="A creek crossing." title="A creek crossing." /></a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://embiggen.net/sites/default/files/sean.daniel.searching.jpg"><img src="https://embiggen.net/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/sean.daniel.searching.jpg?itok=HMde9nkA" width="100" height="75" alt="Sean and Daniel looking for creatures." title="Sean and Daniel looking for creatures." /></a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://embiggen.net/sites/default/files/everyone.near_.waterfall.jpg"><img src="https://embiggen.net/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/everyone.near_.waterfall.jpg?itok=uHwZ4lAe" width="100" height="75" alt="Everyone at the top of the waterfall." title="Everyone at the top of the waterfall." /></a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://embiggen.net/sites/default/files/water.snake_.jpg"><img src="https://embiggen.net/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/water.snake_.jpg?itok=ssj3Wauh" width="100" height="75" alt="Northern Water Snake" title="Northern Water Snake" /></a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://embiggen.net/sites/default/files/alec.rock_.water_.slide_.jpg"><img src="https://embiggen.net/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/alec.rock_.water_.slide_.jpg?itok=iv3CEEqd" width="100" height="75" alt="Alec at the natural water slide." title="Alec at the natural water slide." /></a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="https://embiggen.net/sites/default/files/daniel.rock_.water_.slide_.jpg"><img src="https://embiggen.net/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/daniel.rock_.water_.slide_.jpg?itok=AriFGnmI" width="100" height="75" alt="Daniel at the natural water slide." title="Daniel at the natural water slide." /></a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="https://embiggen.net/sites/default/files/daniel.creek_.shower.jpg"><img src="https://embiggen.net/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/daniel.creek_.shower.jpg?itok=TyUCGOw1" width="100" height="75" alt="Daniel in a shower created by some big rocks along the creek." title="Daniel in a shower created by some big rocks along the creek." /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/hiking">hiking</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/nature">nature</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/family">family</a></div></div></div> Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:32:08 +0000 jrb 92 at https://embiggen.net https://embiggen.net/post/hiking-harper-creek#comments