Horsetail Falls

I hope you enjoyed the tour. We went to two other waterfalls but they were dried up -- not enough rain, I guess. Maybe another time. We still had time so we went to the Bonneville Dam Fish Htchery next before we returned home. I wish we had gone back to Multonomah -- I could have taken that hike after all because we had plenty of time! Oh well, some is better than nothing and I was happy I had this opportunity. Come back and see the fish at the fish hatchery. . . I found benches there too! Ü

Multonomah Falls -- part #4

CLICK to enlarge and read more about this Falls.

This is a stairway to go to the Lodge, restaurant and information center.
This and the next photo are in a display inside -- enlarge to read.

This sign tells about the fish and birds in area. I almost got some neat shots of a bird but a car came by and scattered them before the camera shutter could close.
I took a photo of this sign because we have one almost like it just a few blocks from me on Hiway 99. It honors our armed forces. . .
Enlarge this photo to see the stone work that made this fountain! I think it is fantastic!
This and the next photo is Multonomah Creek. . .
The bridge takes you back to the parking lot. That's the end of the tour of Multonomah Falls but there is one more waterfall we saw coming tomorrow.

Waterfalls in the Columbia River Gorge -- part 2

and now this is Multonomah Falls --There are too many photos to put in one more post so I will divide them up into 4 days of posts. Please come back and see more each day. I wish I had had the time to hike to the top but our driver gave us only so long and I didn't know how long it would take me. NOW, I wish I had just gone anyway--we had plenty of time and we got back home two hours earlier than we were expected. I hope maybe I can go again someday with people that like to hike but am grateful that I got to go see this much at least. Part 1:

CLICK on the sign to read information about the falls.
This is a commemorative sign to the Oregon Pioneers who had the foresight to make this site available to everyone instead of just a few. It was a public attraction for all long before it became a part of the national park system.
CLICK for more information. . .
Getting closer with a sneak peek at the falls. . .
and closer . . .
almost there. . .
The sun was very bright!
YOU have arrived! At least, for a first time almost full view.
Close up of the bridge . . .
Full length view of Multonomah Falls from top to bottom or bottom to top!

There is much more to come as I get closer and walk over the bridge and a walk little up the winding path closer to the top. Please drop by again tomorrow for more. This is not the last waterfall either. Ü

Waterfalls we visited in the Columbia River Gorge -- part 1

The Columbia River Gorge is a spectacular river canyon cutting the only sea-level route through the Cascade Mountain Range.

It's 80 miles long and up to 4,000 feet deep with the north canyon walls in Washington State and the south canyon walls in Oregon State.

WATERFALLS
Through millenniums of geologic events, waterfalls have found their home in the Columbia River Gorge. A visit to the area is not complete without a visit to its breathtaking waterfalls.

Multnomah Falls is the second highest year-round waterfall in the United States. Though Multnomah Falls is grand and popular, all of the falls in the Gorge are special and breathtaking.

History
For over 31,000 years, the Columbia River Gorge has supported flourishing civilizations. Evidence of the Folsom and Marmes people, who crossed the Great Continental Divide from Asia, were found in archaeological digs. Excavations at Five Mile Rapids, a few miles east of The Dalles, show humans have occupied this ideal salmon fishing site for more than 10,000 years.

Geology
The Columbia River Plateau was created by a series of basalt flows. The flows covered 164,000 square kilometers -- portions of northeast Oregon, southwest Washington and western Idaho.

OK, now for the photos of the falls I promised. . .

The first falls we stopped at was called Latourell Falls. . .enlarge the sign to read about it and also photos of any of the falls to see them better, if you wish.





Next stop was Wahkeena Falls. . .










Then we went to Multonomah Falls. . . but that's for another day because I have too many photos to still add and this accidently published itself. Sorry! Come back on Monday for more.

Narada Falls -- Mount Rainier

This was the first place we stopped to view the waterfalls at Mt. Rainier. We pulled in to a parking area and took some photos from above the falls


before following a trail and looking down on it,


then down a stairway, (view from the bottom, looking back up towards the top of road where waterfall begins
down to the bottom of the Narada Falls where many of these photos were taken.





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Postcards From Paulie