Sendero Interpretativo (10/22)

Deb and I finally made it to Yerba Loca (Crazy Weed) National Park. One might expect that "Interprative Trails" are used to educate the hiker about certain aspects of nature. As we discovered, this title should be taken in a very literal way. Now the park personnel told us that there were two trails and the harder trail was to the left. So Deb and I intended to do the one on the right. He said there were no maps, but the trails were clearly marked. After driving past the guard house and down a windy, bumpy dirt road (complete with little streams to drive through), we reached parking and picnic areas. After parking, we found no left or right trail. We wandered around until we found a sign that indicated the trail we wanted. That must have been what the dude meant by "clearly marked" because from that point on we "interpreted" our own trail. Granted, we were to hike between the two mountains, no mistake there. But, we happened upon marshy land and couldn't find our way around it, so we squished through it. The attached photo was taken while washing my shoes, socks and pants in the glacier melt stream. Though we didn't hike the 17 km. to the glacier, the scenes were definitely pretty. I wish the dude in the shack would have given me a bit more information. I think I know what the "yerba loca" park personnel are smoking in that guard house, and it's not helping hikers.