Crinkly's Good Ole American Family Road Trip Day 29: Exploring some waterfalls and creeks near town (9/25/15)

After breakfast, the gang meets up and our first stop is to go check out a nearby waterfall that was flowing really well earlier in the week after a good rain. We get up on the rough road and we stop to look at the waterfall, but by now it is barely spritzing. We then go farther up the hill and a few of us go bouldering up to see another cascade that cannot be seen from the road; it too is pretty but it would be nice to see this flowing right after a good rain.

Creek to enjoy some water flow.

We decided to do some bouldering as the kids play.

Back at the stream where it all started.

Climbing up to the church and there are definitely plenty of crosses if you were unsure what you were approaching.

Crinkly wanted to point out the statue chilling in the shrubberies.

Made it to the church.

Thought this pic of the sun shining on the angel was pretty cool.

Found the statue from earlier. Tis huge!

Beautiful church.

One of the stations had a little hut with figurines in it.

Tree is swallowing the cross. Need some landscaping done here.

My cousin has pet goats which do his yard so he doesnt have to. Smart and cute.

We then head over to Carr canyon to have lunch by a creek, which was really nice to hang in the shade and watch the kids play in the creek. We hung out and then head down to the Our lady of the Sierras church, which had burned down 4 years ago in a raging fire and was rebuilt. We walk up the 14 stages of the cross and see the small, yet quaint, church there before heading back to the house for some downtime before the evening's festivities. First we go to watch my cousin's kids do some karate, then we head to Ricardo's for dinner. Ricardo's, which also burned down in the same fire years ago, was a nice Mexican restaurant with some sketchy service this night, but usually is known for having great food and service. It was here that I realized that most of the places we have been (maybe all) in Arizona have the no flush urinals installed which I think should be installed everywhere; so props to AZ. Food was good, and after eating we head back to the houses and I move houses from uncle to cousin so me, him and my dad can sleep under the stars. It was really nice sleeping, other than the constant dog barking, with cool temperatures, nice constant breeze, and clear skies all above.