Today we got up around 6:00AM and had breakfast at the lodge. We split the logger breakfast which includes three eggs, two strips of bacon, potato cubes, and a biscuit with jelly. It is a good size for us to split and not be hungry afterwards. After we finished breakfast, we got in the car to drive up South Shore Road to the Pony Bridge and Enchanted Valley trail head. On the way out we stopped to see the Big Sitka Tree, which is large in diameter while also very tall. After viewing the Sitka Tree, we continued along South Shore Road stopping at Merriman Falls and then at Bunch Falls. It should be noted that 10 miles of the drive was on a very curvy single lane gravel road, which the Chrysler 300 handled reasonably well. The hike to Pony Bridge is considered a moderate 2.5-mile hike (one-way) with an elevation change of about 700ft. We decided we were not going to do the full 13-miles (one-way) out to Enchanted Valley. ...
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