Randy and I spent our 23rd wedding anniversary at Herrington’s Sierra Pines Lodge in Sierra City. We spent the long weekend hiking the Plum Creek Loop and part of the Pacific Crest Trail as well as spending about a half day looking around Downieville. We took Elura with us too. She'd not been on an outing since the puppies were born and seemed to enjoy herself. Enjoy the gallery of images.

  • Cabin View
    This is a view from the deck of our cabin.
  • Cabin Deck view
  • Cabin Deck view
  • Cabin Deck view
    We hiked down to the river below our cabin the last morning we were there.
  • Cabin Lodge
    This is a picture of the back of the lodge, looking at it from the path above our cabin.
  • Sierra Buttes
    This is the view from the lodge.
  • Cabin Path
    This is the path leading down to our cabin.
  • Cabin Path
    This is looking up at the cabin from the path below.
  • Cabin path
    We hiked down the path to the river.
  • Cabin Randy Elura
    Randy and Elura enjoying the view off the deck of the cabin.
  • Cabin River
    This is the river below the cabin. The Yuba river flows through the properly of the resort for about 1/3 mile.
  • Cabin River Elura Debi
  • Cabin Upthere
    Our cabin is WAY up there.
  • Cabin View
    A view of the cabin from the path below. Randy kept commenting on the fire danger :-)
  • Cabin Waterfall
    Across the river there was a lovely waterfall. We could see it from the deck of our cabin.
  • Cabin Waterfall
  • River
    Elura had a great time playing one more time in the Yuba river below our cabin.
  • Downieville Fire
    We went into Downieville and found this old fire station. They house their volunteer equipment in it.
  • Downieville Fire
    Elura found that laying under the engine was a "cool" place to lay.
  • Downieville Fire Elura Debi
    We just had to pose with the engine.
  • Downieville Fire Hydrant
    We found this hydrant in town....looked pretty old but still in use.
  • Downieville Foundry
  • Haypress Creek
    This is Haypress Creek, it is on the Plum Creek Look Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail.
  • Haypress Creek Waterfall
  • Haypress Creek - Debi and Elura Hiking
    I had Elura for most of the hike...she is a really good hiker.
  • Haypress Creek
    Elura getting a good scratch and enjoying the water.
  • Haypress Creek
    Plum Creek Loop and the Pacific Crest Trail.
  • Haypress Creek - Randy
    Randy was standing on the bridge over Haypress Creek. This is part of the Pacific Crest Trail.
  • Haypress Creek
    Getting down to the creek was really steep so Randy took Elura down and then I followed.
  • Haypress Creek
  • Haypress Creek
    Randy and Elura just enjoying the time together.
  • Haypress Creek
  • Haypress Creek
    This is the waterfall at Haypress Creek.
  • Haypress Creek
    Randy enjoying the coolness of the water. It was quite a hike to this point.
  • Haypress Creek Waterfall
  • Plumcreek
  • Plum Creek Loop
    The valley between the mountains is where Sierra City sits. Waaayyyy down there!
  • Plum Creek Loop
    A view of the Sierra Buttes.
  • Plum Creek Loop
  • Plum Creek Loop
    Lots of beautiful snags along the trail.
  • Plum Creek Loop
    Elura and I were standing on the top of the world. Felt really strange being up there....you could see no other proof that life existed anywhere else. It was just me and Randy and Elura.
  • Plum Creek Loop
  • Plum Creek Loop
  • Plum Creek Loop
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