Last Sunday, Jan 16th, we went to Carson Falls near Mt. Tam with Kelby and Belen and their parents. The weather was a bit foggy and cold to start, but within 1/2 hour it turned beautiful. The kids were happy, and so were the adults.
I think I reached this waterfall the first time I hiked in the area in 1998, a friend of a friend guiding the hike, but never managed to find it again. I guess because I thought we had actually been on Mt Tam that time. Anyway, now I have Andy, and Andy has a GPS and a great memory for hikes. And if the memory should fail we have documented it on the blog now… just need to enter Mt. Tam waterfall in the search box…
Oops… fingerprint on the lens. But the photo was so happy I posted it anyway.
At the top of the waterfall, you look down on some beautiful pools:
Then you cross the bridge over the stream. The bridge was really artsy, the Marin Water District maintains their trails very well.
At the middle of the falls, there is a nice view:
We had lunch on this beautiful rock, right next to the waterfall.
Then you can hike further down, where the falls go straight down against a rock. But there’s no place to sit and the trees block the view. Looking back up:
On the hike back up:
We stopped to play here, the kids had fun kicking and throwing rocks:
Afterward we went to the Scoop in Fairfax. Really good organic ice cream, some very interesting flavors (vanilla-honey-lavender) and combinations (chocolate and vanilla swirl, called I Have a Dream–for MLK day). And the portions are HUGE. Unfortunately that made me eat too much…
The lines are long, so the girls drew while we waited:
