Andrea and I decided to hike into the Cascades for the Memorial Day weekend. We found a trail that had several hot springs around it (good for after the hike). The trail winds its way up the Rebel Creek drainage in the Three Sisters Wilderness in central Oregon. It’s a beautiful trail that winds up through old growth and along Rebel Creek. It’s also a pretty strenuous hike. It loops around into the next drainage and passes through alpine meadows and ridge lines as you pass through 5000′. Unfortunately, we didn’t get very good views because the clouds were sitting on top of the mountains the whole time. We did find a cool old fire lookout. It’s a relic from the past. It must have been built before VHF radios were used, since they had strung a phone cable all the way from the bottom of the mountain through the trees. There was also a helipad on top of the ridge.

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Packing up at the truck.

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Andrea and Dusty on the trail.

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Dusty and I crossing a bridge.

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A huge fallen tree.

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Andrea and Dusty on another bridge.

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Entering official wilderness.

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A very mossy part of the creek.

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Dusty and Andrea at the mossy part of the creek.

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Moss up close.

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Getting up into the fog.

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What should have been our view of the Sisters.

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Hiking down to the old fire lookout.

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Keeping Dusty off the glass.

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Nice view.

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Hiking down through the meadows which were probably covered with snow a week previous.

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Tired dog.

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Back down into lower meadows.

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