My Birthday Hike

For my birthday my parents and sister and I went to Multnomah Falls to go on a hike. I found a recommended hike online at this site which warned it was moderate in difficulty but that didn't scare me. The hike was 4.9 miles with an elevation gain of 1600 feet. Literally, the first 2 hours or so of the hike was uphill. The hike took us past 10 named waterfalls and countless cascades and intermittent falls. It was a loop following the Wahkeena Trail for the majority of the time.


Isn't Oregon beautiful with so much green?!?

Fairy Falls:

View of the Columbia River:

Wahkeena Springs (Brittany and I drank from the spring, it was great tasting water):

Ecola Falls:

Little Multnomah Falls:

Multonomah Falls:

Multnomah Falls and Benson Bridge:

After this spectacular hike we headed to Red Robin where I got my free birthday burger. It was a great day and a great birthday.

Oregon Beauty

Last weekend my dad and I had the opportunity to go to Opal Creek for a 6.5 mile hike. It was really nice.

Today, my parents, 3 foster kids and I went to Drift Creek Falls. The hike was shorter, only a little over 3 miles, but we got to go over this 240-foot suspension bridge (the longest in Oregon) that hovers 100 feet above Drift Creek:

My mom was scared, see?

But in her defense, look how high up we were:

Here is the another view of the cascading 80-foot Drift Creek Falls.

Even though it rained a little, it was a great trip!