Eight of the Trailblazers’ finest set out from Pivot Rock Trailhead on a warm spring day. Our hike was in two parts. The first was a bushwhack in the side canyons to look for Cyd’s famous rock with a face. Her picture shows a canyon with steep rock walls and pools of water.

Well, these canyons have a few boulders here and there, sloping sides with forest carpet that is thick in places, and lots of fallen trees. We went up one canyon, across a ridge to the next, and along the ridge to get a good view of the canyons on both sides. The rock with a face is somewhere else.

The second part of our hike was a delightful trail walk to the pioneer’s cabin. Clouds rolled in to shade us and a cool breeze refreshed us as we followed the trail from one side of Pivot Rock Canyon to the other.

The pioneer’s cabin is still there. We enjoyed our lunch on a log, then divided into several groups for the walk back to the trailhead. I chose the wildflower route.

From now on, someone else can look for the rock with a face.