Mom, Caroline & I went hiking Tuesday. We drove down the old Oregon highway, then to the Women's Forum.... which is totally over grown ruining the views! So that was sad. But then we went to Vista Point, which had great views, as usual.
I have actually NEVER been inside or up top (which I feel is closed 99% of the time for wind) so it was fun to go inside. It's quite pretty in there too!!
Then it was off the Multnomah Falls, which was naturally jammed full of tourists (like us, I guess). We stayed just long enough to go to the bridge and were on our way.
Here are the views off the bridge.
When I was little, when we first moved to Oregon, you could swim at the bottom of the waterfall.... but some rocks came crashing down (rocks school bus sized) and now you're not allowed to do that anymore!
I loved this little comparison thing, too. Multnomah Falls is the 3rd biggest falls in North America, but it's just a baby, really-
(it's the 3rd one from the left).
Next, we went on my Mom's favorite hike, Oneonda Falls.
It was super steep (except for Caroline who runs marathons and wasn't sweating at all...) but really pretty.
We even had lunch at the top with this little chipmonk guy who was super cute and brave!
The coolest part of this hike is that you get to walk under this waterfall-
which has these cool rock formation things-
and then you're actually behind the waterfall!
Crazy town. But we all survived. My Mom had to run under the water fall thought as it was definitely a "danger."
Another danger was the fact that Caroline & I felt it was totally necessary to climb to the top of this-
I have actually NEVER been inside or up top (which I feel is closed 99% of the time for wind) so it was fun to go inside. It's quite pretty in there too!!
Then it was off the Multnomah Falls, which was naturally jammed full of tourists (like us, I guess). We stayed just long enough to go to the bridge and were on our way.
Here are the views off the bridge.
When I was little, when we first moved to Oregon, you could swim at the bottom of the waterfall.... but some rocks came crashing down (rocks school bus sized) and now you're not allowed to do that anymore!
I loved this little comparison thing, too. Multnomah Falls is the 3rd biggest falls in North America, but it's just a baby, really-
(it's the 3rd one from the left).
Next, we went on my Mom's favorite hike, Oneonda Falls.
It was super steep (except for Caroline who runs marathons and wasn't sweating at all...) but really pretty.
We even had lunch at the top with this little chipmonk guy who was super cute and brave!
The coolest part of this hike is that you get to walk under this waterfall-
which has these cool rock formation things-
and then you're actually behind the waterfall!
Crazy town. But we all survived. My Mom had to run under the water fall thought as it was definitely a "danger."
Another danger was the fact that Caroline & I felt it was totally necessary to climb to the top of this-
:)
After hiking, we headed to Bonneville Dam to check out the giant fish. We really wanted to see the giant 450 pound sturgeon... but the other fish were cool too. (I guess. I don't really like fish they are gross looking.) I loved that you followed the little fish to the hatchery though, I thought that was adorable.
We found the really, really BIG fish. 450 pounds big. They are also total victims, since one large fish was STOLEN (I have no idea how you could do that) and another was stabbed to death! My friend Erin used to live on the the hatchery & confirmed both urban myths were actually true! :(
Tuesday night, Caroline & I spent the night in Stevenson, & did a little work on my house. This was our great accomplishment, which I think turned out really well-
We also checked out the local Mexican place, which isn't bad at all! So that was exciting, too! :)
Tuesday night, Caroline & I spent the night in Stevenson, & did a little work on my house. This was our great accomplishment, which I think turned out really well-
We also checked out the local Mexican place, which isn't bad at all! So that was exciting, too! :)
... danger ...
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