"I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. 

I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm."
~ Alfred Hitchcock

It goes by several names: Wood Spirit, Wild Man, Savage Man, Woodwose.   Whatever you call it, the next time you are strolling through the woods, keep an eye out for one of these elusive creatures.
Most often glimpsed as a green man with leaves for his beard and hair, the Wood Spirit is said to be Lord of the Forest and Natural Things.  Seeing one is said to be quite a lucky thing, and European villagers used to go out on regular hunts, hoping to find a Wood Spirit to foretell the future of their village.

They are extremely strong. Wood Spirits can tear an opponent limb from limb and can tame any wild animal, including ferocious dragons and skittish unicorns. At the same time, they are gentle with the maidens, children, and men of good heart.

It is said that the forest will stand for as long as the Wood Spirit remains to keep order.   And if you're lucky enough to see one, health happiness, and good fortune will be yours.   However, that does not happen often.   Wood Spirits would rather see than be seen.   Most sightings are by children or by the pure of heart.

Wood Spirits have a delightful sense of humor. 
~ Author Unknown

http://www.piffe.com/thinkery/woodspirit.php

Of course, you really don’t want to run into the dreaded Stone Mummy lurking in the rocks!

This park is the

William “Buddy” Rogers  was the founder and creator of Hurricane Creek Park.  It is a multipurpose park providing hiking, primitive camping, a picnic area, rock climbing, and mountain bike trails.

There is a nice shop filled with rock climbing and biking supplies.  They also have some cute bird houses and other gift type items for sale.

Seven of us hiked down a steep, curvy, sometimes rocky, sometimes slippery, path to the bottom of the canyon where the trail followed Hurricane Creek.

Around a bend the trail passed under a huge outcropping of rocks.

This will give you some idea of the size.

It was easily an 75 to 100 foot outcropping above our heads.

The waterfall flowed right in front of us.  

This is a shot of what clung to the rock and rolled back under the overhang. 

After taking a lot of photos around the waterfall, I continued along the path.  At the fork in the trial I elected to go down to this two foot wide bridge over Hurricane Creek.

I was concerned that this narrow crossing would be unsteady, but it wasn’t at all.

I felt quite safe standing in the middle taking this up stream photograph.

I continued to the other side of the foot bridge.

From this side of the creek, I could see some rock climbers.

They were being assisted on their first climbs by one of the park employees.

I passed another group of rock climbers later in the day.

There were lots of other interesting thing to see and I’ll post some of those in another photo blog.  This is long enough.