Blue Mountains II

Michael and I spent another weekend in the Blue Mountains. He has updated his flickr bird album with all the birds we've seen lately. Here are a few photos from our hikes.

The first hike we took was down the Furber Steps and back up the Giant Staircase.

This waterfall is taller than it looks. The little specks on the rocks in the middle are people.

The Three Sisters in the background.

Here are a few from the Grand Canyon Track.

We also enjoyed another refreshing Devonshire tea at Bygone Beauties/The Treasured Teapot and a lovely breakfast at The Yellow Deli. Check out the "Why Yellow Deli?" section on their website. Anyway, last time The Yellow Deli got everything perfect, but for some reason they went too heavy on the butter today. Apparently they had people come and stay with them for three months from the other restaurants they run in the US in order to get all the restaurants on the same page. The woman who told us this sounded like she really enjoyed the people and would miss them, but it made me sad to hear this because even hippy commune restaurants have to deal with "corporate" coming in and changing things that don't necessarily need to be changed. I forgive you this time, Yellow Deli, but don't lose your Hobbiton-esque charm. Don't let the Americans make you put too much butter in everything when it already tasted fine to begin with.  Luckily my green chai with rice milk was unscathed.