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| Hiking | 7.75 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 7.75 Miles | 5 Hrs 42 Mns | | 1.89 mph |
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| partners | | Redo of a hike we did 5 years ago. This time did a loop hike going CW on the Upper South Prong and Upper North Prong of the Little Red River. I forgot how steep the climb up to Haynes ridge was, over 500 feet in about a half mile. Once on Haynes Ridge Fern Cave is about 100 feet down. The Cave was dripping with water and a light flow in the creek. Flowers were in bloom and the vegetation green. Very few people on the trail, maybe a half dozen. As you get closer to the trail head it became a little more crowded maybe a dozen. The weather was in the mid 70's with a light breeze so it was good hiking
Caprock canyon State park has a herd of Buffalo so we stopped to pet them, no we just photographed them. These buffalo are a little smaller than the ones in Yellowstone but they still are a respectable size. On the North Prong trail we stopped for a bit to watch some Vultures put on a show for us. It was like they knew we were photographing them so they showed off their skills in gliding in the wind and soaring along the cliffs.
We had plans to make this an 11 mile hike by hiking back up the Haynes Ridge and returning on the South Prong but on the downhill portions I did something to my left knee and was in pain for the last two miles. Ginny offered to get the jeep and come back and get me so I wouldn't have to walk the last mile but I'm stubborn and wanted to finish what I started. The next day my knee was fine so I'm not sure what I did, glad I won't need a lengthy recovery time. Although I'm in Lubbock where there is no hiking so I have all the time in the world. |
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