Lost
You may think I was lost out in the middle of nowhere getting to this small waterfall in a remote area of Eldorado National Forest. The name of this creek is appropriately Lost Canyon Creek. I was not lost, though maybe a bit crazy being out here. Actually, I was trying to find a waterfall on a different creek (Slab Creek). I did not find a waterfall on that creek, however I do still think there are waterfalls on Slab Creek, and someday I will get back out here and find them.
It is a very long drive out to this area. It is probably less than 60 miles from where I live in Folsom, but it is a slow, winding road, and it took a lot longer than I anticipated. In addition, the road had a large number of potholes, and there were a lot of fallen trees in the road. This made for very slow going as I constantly had to slow right down to drive around all the obstacles. And after striking out in my search along Slab Creek, I really did not want to go home empty handed. And fortunately, I just happened to see this small waterfall on Lost Canyon Creek as I was hiking up Slab Creek. Admittedly, it is not much of a waterfall, and not very photogenic with all the fallen logs and branches in the way. But it was still better than going home empty handed.
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