After a quick breakfast of
peanut butter and jelly, we headed to the nearby Ernst Tinaja trail
for a hike. The trailhead was just down the road from us. We headed
in and within minutes we had left the sun behind and were in a cool,
shady canyon. We quickly came to the first tinaja which is a steep
sided hole in a rock filled with water. If animals fall into them,
they have a hard time getting back out and die there. The actual
trail is quite short but you can go well beyond it. We climbed up and
down over many boulders and saw several more of the watering holes.
The rock formations were beautiful. You could clearly see that many
of them had once been lava. We went as far as the terrain would allow
then made our way back to the trailhead.
On our way back, we decided
to do some exploring further down the road. We checked out the
campsites and walked around the remains of some sort of ranch or
settlement. While we were exploring, we ran into a husband and wife
pair of park volunteers. We chatted with them a bit and they gave us
some tips for some nice hikes to take in the park.
Tired and hungry by this
point, we headed back to camp for lunch. Tacos never tasted so good.
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| Hike to Ernst Tinaja |
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| Tinaja |
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| Hike beyond |
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