My friend, Charlie, called on an unseasonably warm day in mid-December 2006 asking if I wanted to hike to Maude's Crack and then to The John Muir Overlook. The crazy name Maude's Crack has interested me for a long time, so I had to check it out! That point at the left edge of the cliff on the opposite side of the ridge is the John Muir Overlook. That is our destination! map...

You'll be out of breath after walking up these steps! This part of the trail takes you out of the area below the Twin Arches. See what I mean about not taking small children on this trail!?

Tootsie waits for Charlie and me on the bridge over No Business Creek.