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California, 27th October, Mist Trail

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The morning dawned dull so we got up a bit later and I managed to get a picture of one of the resident ravens perched on top of our fire pit. These handsome birds were always present, and descended whenever food was visible. When I was in Yellowstone I observed as a couple of them managed to access the locker on the back of a pickup truck and get the sandwiches out! The plan for the day was to hike the 8 mile return Mist Trail up to Vernal and Nevada Falls which the guidebook said had water in all the year round. We did not have to take the car to the start of the track but simply walk through the woods at the back of the campsite. The Mist Trail was all paved and stepped up to Vernal Falls and it took a couple of hours to get to the top. It was quite busy and we stopped on the flat area at the top of the falls for a rest, a snack and to take it in. We had bought an outer of Ritz crackers from Target at the start of the holiday, the ones with cheese in the middle and these