Near the spot with the cave was another huge wall of ice. And next to it was a cool hole in the rocks that came damn close to forming an arch:





Before you reach the second swinging bridge on the trail, you cross a small feeder stream. (It's near where I took the pic of the holly tree the week before.) I noticed a shiny bright spot through the trees upstream, assumed it was a wall of windows, and thought, "Oh, I didn't know there were any houses this close to the trail." Double take showed me that it was ice. Scrambled up the gorge (and through some pretty thick undergrowth that would be damn near impassible during the summer) and found a nice seasonal waterfall at a hollowed-out rock face:





All in all, two solid holiday hikes this year, especially under the circumstances of being limited on time with two toddlers at home during the holiday break. Hopefully I can get back to some of my other favorite trails later this winter that are farther abreast.