6/6/2018 The girls go hiking!

The Jeffs went jeeping and the Kims went hiking today!  Kim2 and I took off this morning about 8 a.m. and hiked up to Box Canyon Falls from our RV park, then once inside the park we hiked to the upper and lower falls and then walked along the the native plant loop.  Box Canyon Falls are really beautiful.  On the upper falls you take a suspended bridge over the falls into a tunnel that’s about 100 feet long.  The tunnel use to provide a route for a water pipeline, however now it’s just a very cool spectacle and a great place to get out of the sun. On the lower falls you can get right beside the falls by a stairwell that goes down inside the canyon.  Box Canyon Falls provide water to the Ouray Hot Springs.  The water is between 100 and 150 degrees when coming off the waterfall. The chipmunks are plentiful at the entrance of the park.  Jeff and I hiked it last year, and it was a great three hour trip for Kim & I today. You have the choice to drive to Box Canyon Falls and park there and enter, but we chose to hike it from the RV Park.  No wimps here!!

Box Canyon is a box canyon in Ouray County, Colorado, United States.^[1] It was founded as a mining camp and helped the city of Ouray establish itself as a permanent community.^[2] Box Canyon is home to Box Canyon Falls, a 285 feet (87 m) waterfall, with quartzite walls that extend almost one hundred feet past the falls.^[3] Access to the canyon is through a short, 500 feet (150 m) foot trail to the base of the falls or a steep trail leading to the top of the falls.