![Outside the Tourist Info office in downtown Camp Verde Outside the Tourist Info office in downtown Camp Verde](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcUldexri1QkvQIeQg79Kd-w7QPY-Gah70N6_ZgBQ4DngvCJlc_VSB3QHi1thbqUQMv1VzBUXapAFEIZ2m53mI5CP24hNTmch5RtsvN1zBiB1uDnQqdG66oDAV7wLKyhnNlYnZTQ/s320/campverde1.jpg)
We didn't have any particular destination in mind. Most times, we just go and leave the details up to chance. This time, chance took us to Clear Creak.
![The trail head The trail head](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS0C932tzO4oR1_yowR3G6WgCOAIcHFifN3bIyoqANuRjMcC2_Tpv-k6Kj9f1-H5qsWAgqPK3Nqwobhb8j3fagqvboqSl9TulFI-gcCEJIclRukcKK0JYUzfvlvNEBcxSOYvnt5Q/s320/trailhead.jpg)
![The trail The trail](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjdFsMdIASEbydGB8zK9_1Yow0O5IYtUSvgA2m184QwI-fiGcZMxk4aF4u6AGi6g0pCsdU4ne5rH9PsBfhuNyMXskhBwviJamhvBwNhUxanhxdn959lJ2CTLgOmRGQJcyAR_Sd_Q/s320/trail.jpg)
![Hard to tell how fast the water is moving from still images. Hard to tell how fast the water is moving from still images.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_JKvCwrIIzoj3Ldr__kHJNmJ7l1xQ97RrkoyFxIILBDQW4S73MTFEWQAn73Dg3rSS4Z13qJInP2OpEM7TaGiZ48uK0uUxUsxseptCH6qwggQIr6jINihCGkIWnYST4fgV5L5vQg/s320/creek3.jpg)
Once again, chance comes through.
![It sure is nice. We wonder where Simone went off to. It sure is nice. We wonder where Simone went off to.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8k6uEil6YbpZwj_OH1XF_-32z_a6IY-SXe98Z41DumHyacp2SOYp2hKLaztHMKWp256_tWrh84R9j75rgoVXwQrFZYnzoX3LcFGaTeOxNaeSMgpyJw2MxmhkprSbmPoDMxL8wQ/s320/Creek1.jpg)
![="Oh,](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXfgV8LAIB78S1IKjXV5LmocpUNW-DLRgib1CZ0pY_GFz2UPddhIxSdZnybgjWjxWr5NBuzCya63Owbf0jEzahIEivgQdEsNLlJUVVVIHNwtwWu1hynsQJL8v-gmFvNpZ1mmHlfg/s320/creek2.jpg)
![Simone really loves the water Simone really loves the water](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHACSu5GJ7NJ3Xvhya5_MvPmG3EomknastiQOOr4X9J1JY07Ho2uBjCQCdB-5Ic6sZVe7smIfw62f1A8pOpMDS8bkFdBZF7brZkXE5Nm0B6ZX-WdjlRyMf6bPAJ5l23EIP6L-7-g/s320/simone1.jpg)
![Simone finally realizes the water is really cold Simone finally realizes the water is really cold](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5v2r5pUX7zxuWbEplT2a7Pf1qkBCTRqvxoesh92QOQyZWOS9BErtmDCciU1uBMLFD5jJz1QhyphenhyphenfwgbeYKUiKMF4oNeDumX45iRqvQTJxZaIyCNtOPtiPifcYJLp8IthGTgkmL_-w/s320/simone2.jpg)
The trail itself is beautiful, even without the creek. There are sycamores everywhere.
![Cecile as Wood Nymph Cecile as Wood Nymph](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_ANzejQ0ANVKlyHLsvEjYA6GHMVkzj8bh6xALhpoFLWIGNchx8homzXn-NXyy2q89cmOGXVu_S7rugZFWQcOSuDIc1r777JMFygG1DkdjMjsG8-uDGdr5oEPV93Z0cvlwPGpQ7Q/s320/cecile.jpg)
![Get that guy out of the picture Get that guy out of the picture](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEhiCak0YSiaG3DFcOAW6xR_Qo45TWak1uorA-4YDQ6RnQ332Xgsx20ECqSS9J3WpO2i867rcnnsW_2bGNIgscL3COq6ktsakUQL0p8JG0PkE7PkqvHujCdWH7ohUR3cgAjCtmtw/s320/barry.jpg)
![Whoa, did that tree just move? Whoa, did that tree just move?](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKGmuIQ7blAThv37Laqg3EUdzVDwN-X5Zlx0fNx0z4Mh2-zUrZa0py0LvChYdHU5QZ1_z7_SR7Yf5CTyiDw4vpbeIP4pN6fd2rnhxLNVPH28Bu_E1ZQp4OfxnV4SjrM6WcxtqNvg/s320/tree.jpg)
We didn't go quite as far as we would have liked to because we had a late start. We'll be back though. We're thinking that next time we will camp out the night before and then take off into the wilderness area in the morning.