This is a picture of part of the upper area of what I'm calling "Secret Creek." I don't want to disclose the actual name or location of this creek. It is a very nice creek, and not trashed. A gravel lane goes down to it where this picture was made, and I know some people would make a mess of the place. There would be beer cans and all kinds of other trash accumulating here, and on down the creek. I have a web page on a place that I call "The Canyon." We found several beer cans at the base of the main falls one day, and other junk left by some people who apparently camped at the top of the falls. People have dumped a lot of trash over the side from the top of the canyon, in more than one place. I think it has ceased, but eveidently dumping had been going on for a long time. I showed pictures of trash there.

This page is intended to be like a tour down the creek, with pictures in succession. I think I remember fairly well in what order to put them, but I'm not sure about a few of them. I'll point them out later. We made many pictures, and there ae plenty that I couldn't include because it would be too much. I tried to pick some that are good examples of what is there.

This "Secret Creek" is a real neat place. Some it is like what you see in the picture above. On down stream, it gets rockier, with some deeper drops. The stream has cut channels through rock in places. Rocks of various sizes are scattered along and in the creek, and create some white water in places, with the accompaning sound of rushing water. The falls are not high, but they are interesting as they are. Any falls are nice. Shown at right is the first little falls below the parking area.

We first went to this place in latter April of last year. The water was running nicely. In subsequent trips there, we found less water. We made pictures every time, and I tried to pick out some good ones of different places along the creek. I used a film camera, and Barb used the digital. All these pictures I'm putting here were made with the digital. They are already on the computer, so I'm using them. I might go through some film pictures later and add or change some.

A little further down is this falls.

Shortly after the above falls, is this channel around a bend.

Barb made several pictures of flowers and plants of different kinds. There was a bee and some wasp-like creature on this plant.

Not very far along, we came to this descent of the creek, with some multiple falls.

I think this picture at right is the top of the drops shown just above.

I'm not sure, but I think this view may be next in sequence before the bend shown after this.

We found some Columbine on the cliffs in different places.

This is one of the high walls to be found along this creek.

I'm not sure if this is the same bend, but it might be part of it. Facing downstream.

This is an upstream view of the bend shown just above

On around and down the creek some, is this cliff. The water flow was less when this picture was made.

I think this scene follows the previous one, but I'm not sure. Probabaly does. This is getting close to the drop off and pool.

This one shows Barb and our dog, at a section just above the pool.

This scene is approaching the pool.

This is a reverse look at the pool, made at a different time. The pool is the farthest point Barb went. One day I took the dog to the creek and went on past this place. I went well past this pool, on down to the lower part of the creek, but not as far as the mud bank lowest part, which is near a river. I took only the digital camera that time.

This is a sunlit growth I found on a log angled down over the creek.

I'm, not sure about the order of this picture and the next one, but I found these scenes on down below the pool.

It felt like I was walking in a creek through a jungle in some remote place.

I'm not sure if the following scene is below the pool, or above it. There are scenes like this in various places along this creek.

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