Travel Rogue

August 21, 2005

Matthiessen State Park

Packed up in a record one hour! And that included sweeping out the tent and penalty time for forgetting to include the rainfly. Not too shabby! We rolled out of KOA around 10a and went back to the Lodge to gorge on their breakfast/lunch buffet. Was okay, not as good as their menu in my mind. Then again, that country skillet thing was incredible. And, the buffet is geared toward the masses. So many large, large, large people there. While standing in the omelet line, I got pulled into the gravitational field of a massive biker, gender unknown. When the line moved forward, I actually stumbled because I couldn’t get out of the way fast enough. We are not talking large here. Not "fat" or "obese." The person was just HUGE. MASSIVE. PLANETARY!!!

After brunch, we drove to Matthiessen to hike the dells. It was even more beautiful than I remembered. One of the canyons had a few little caves begging to be crawled through. We managed to squeeze through one of them, and were rewarded with a stunning view of the formation, striated with mineral colors. It was beautiful. Hope my photos will do them justice.

Matthiessen remains one of my favorite hikes ever, it's challenging enough to be fun, but you're never in any danger of falling off a cliff or getting eaten by animals.

Posted by carolyn at August 21, 2005 03:13 PM

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