Multnomah Falls, Oregon

I am back....feel like I am running in circles....On our travels down to the Eugene area we took the Washington side then over the Dalles Bridge, Oregon....nice scenic spots to pull out and take pictures of the Columbia Gorge area....It interesting to see it from the other side.....gives you a good wide view from above instead of down at river level....lots of flowers blooming...beautiful lupine...the hills are covered in certain areas.....Mount Hood was very visible on our travels down....We had a little bit latter start coming home...lots of traffic...I thought we had pretty much decided to skip the Multnomah Falls.....leave it for another trip...before we realized it my brother had pulled into the parking lot and was kicking his wife and me out of the car and telling us to hike up and see the falls....it was worth the stop....the trail and visiting area was full of people....lovely day to hike up and admire the falls....the moss on the trees was glowing...I am sure as soon as the trees get their leaves it has a different feeling being under them...We didn't stop long.....just enough time to walk up to the bridge admire the water pouring over and blowing around misting folks.....lovely little side trip...Might have to stop in the fall when we travel back that way.....back on the road to continue our travels home.....from there its lots of highway miles....it was a beautiful sunny blue sky day....always something to look at.....and plenty of coffee stops along the way.

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Maple Pass Trail, North Cascade Hwy

I'm still here.....Times have been busy. Christmas time's a'coming.....Vacation happened, senior picture taking going on, the rain came, it started snowing in the Cascades, more rain, then it snowed some more, pulled out the snowshoes, the pass was shut down for the weekend, Monday rolled around, the pass was closed for the season, surprise.....,felt sorry for myself since I didn't get to snowshoe up high before the pass got shut down, more beautiful snow up high, snowshoed for the 1st time this year, the dog loved it, lots of fun, Thanksgiving happened, houseful of family and friends, lots of good coffee & sweets, visiting and Turkey trotting around town a few times, Christmas time's getting closer, was able to get out and snowshoe in the Winthrop area, more fresh snow, need to go shopping, Christmas time's a'coming......I would rather go roll around in the snow, than fight the crowds shopping for gifts, but snowballs are ha...

North Cascades Hwy 20, Snowshoeing

Since we don't take snowshoeing very serious and it's just another way to get out in the great outdoors and have some fun, we snowshoe highway 20 from the parking area up the pass quiet often. It is a busy snowmobile area, but if you just be aware of whats going on around you, it is safe. There is so much room to have fun, snow covered slopes, snowshoe up the road, or venture off the road. It is a gradual climb up the road, we never get very far before we run out of gas and are ready to head back down. I would love to some day take a snowmobile to the top of the pass...and snowshoe....I keep dreaming. This is a easy location to just get out, stretch your legs and enjoy the fresh winter air. I have always been a little bit apprehensive about snowshoeing where there is snowmobile activities, but so far we have met only super polite folks and very respectful to keep their distance of folks snowshoeing.

The Places We Can Go

Life goes on, things change, storms of life come and go. One thing that always remains the same is the feeling and quiet peace I feel from being in the mountains. This was a spur of the moment overnight trip. It was so needed and such a beautiful time. Left the house around 2:30 PM, traffic was so slow heading up Hwy 20, lots of folks heading out of Mazama. Arrived at the trail head a few minutes before 4 PM, and we were off down the trail in a few minutes. Three quarters of a mile down the trail a bee or some kind of flying ant decided to bite my nieces eye lid, talk about hysteria for a moment. I was pretty sure our trip was over, but we were able to move on with a very cold creek soaked multipurpose face mask. The sun was sinking fast and the wind was howling by the time we reached the top. Made some quick decisions on the best place to park the tents, and we set up camp. It was truly an incredible evening, hiked aroun...

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