Little Hart Creek

Hart Creek and Little Hart Creek are near Oreana, 

about a 1-1/2 hour drive  from Boise.  

An old church at Oreana.

We decided to go up Little Hart creek and down Hart Creek.

This is the beginning of the trail.

Coming up on Little Hart Creek canyon. 

The climb down into the canyon was a little steep  

Waiting for everyone to make the downclimb. 

Deanne would rather pose in front of the cave than climb inside of it.

Erika squeezing into another cave.  

 There was no water, which was very disappointing to the kids.  

And it was pretty open.  Nothing too exciting.

It soon ended and we climbed out onto the ridge.

We decided to try and hike cross country to Hart Creek
not really knowing where we were going.

We saw a canyon opening that looked promising, but it was so full of tumble weeds, 

we backed out and decided to find another way.

Here we are up top again looking for Hart creek canyon

Heading down into what we hope will be Hart creek canyon...

Following the dry creek bed

Looks like we found the right spot!

Climbing down into the canyon

Looking back on what we just climbed into 

Shane and Cassie 

We immediately came upon a pretty steep obstacle. 

Checking out our options...

We decided against it and headed back out 

to walk along the top of the canyon

Megan, Justin and I climbed down and 

went to check out Hart Creek canyon from the bottom.

We climbed up and over and through several obstacles.

This was one of the caves we climbed through to work out way up canyon

It opened up and we walked a little further 

before heading back to the car where everyone was waiting.

We'll hafta come back and explore the 

rest of the canyon on another day....