Don't go chasin' waterfalls...

Off to the Columbia River Gorge for the afternoon after a morning of relaxation. We started our day at Maltnomah Falls. We hiked up to the overlook bridge, but decided to forgo the hike to the top, because someone else on the trail said she didn't think it was worth it, because she couldn't get close enough to the falls for her liking.



This is the lower section of the waterfall, with the bridge we hiked to at the top.



This is the upper section of Maltnomah Falls, so tall I couldn't fit it all in the camera with my widest lens on the good camera - I had to switch over to the small camera!


From there, we headed west on the Historic Columbia Gorge Highway to the next waterfall - Wakheena Falls.









It went much much further up, as you can sort of see in this picture.

Then, on to Bridal Veil Falls (a 2/3 mile round trip hike), and the overlooks (a 1/3 mile hike).






This was cool, because we got to hike down to the water for some other views. Fortunately, I only brought the small camera, because I would not have hiked down with the expensive camera!



I just had to take this one! The mossy tree looked too life-like to pass up. This was on our hike to the overlook points.









The lichen grows all over the trees here, in very cool patterns!

After Bridal Veil Falls, we drove a little further, and spotted Latourell Falls, visible from the road. There were two paths, one up and one down - I chose to hike down to get our closer view.






The rocks behind the falls here were a interesting pattern.

The last stop on our Columbia River Gorge tour was the overlook point at Vista House at the top of a hill (or mountain).










All in all, a great day! One left, and we're still not completely sure what the plans for tomorrow include...

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