It is quiet most of the rest of the trip up. It was swell to be on solid ground. After a short stop we'll head on up the line. Just want to stretch my feet a bit if it's all right with you. For here in Southern California winter brings to our canyons their greatest allure.
Nature is busily at work.
From the rock streams water, flowing over mossy canyon walls, filling pools, forming cascades, giving moisture and renewed life to all sorts of vegetation. Patches of brown transform to rich green and once bare spots sprout winter flowers. And so we board the Alpine Division of the Scenic Mt. Lowe Railroad. Bundling up even more. As we climb in elevation the excitement starts to escalate.