Today after breakfast it was already in the high 80*f ‘s! We decided to go in the mountains where it is cooler and found a delightful road that followed a white water river and its gorge.

There was really only room in the gorge for the river and the road, and at times it was a tight fit in places. The views were wonderful but there were not many stopping places along the route.

There were many boats white water rafting and we stopped to watch some go by.

The river was fierce and fast flowing with white bubbly waves flowing over big boulders here and there. The gorge sides were all twisted with strata going up vertically at times.

A few anglers were in the water with welly boots up to their thighs and the water well above their knees.

We stopped at 2 picnic areas to take photos and spot the wildlife i.e. birds and butterflies.

I’m not sure if the blue bird was a type of jay. There were loads of butterflies around too and huge dandelion clocks.

So here are the pictures