We were planning on leaving Portland Saturday night and driving home but Joshua had an ingenious stroke of spontenaity and decided to extend our stay and to explore the Columbia River Gorge on Sunday instead! It was only about a 45 minute drive and it was stunning! We didn't bring hiking clothes so we chose a hike with paved paths and only a few miles. We started at the bottom of the waterfall and hiked to the top of it. It was switchbacks all the way up which was cool because you'd turn the corner and feel the mist of the waterfall and then turn the corner again and being in the sunshine with mountains in front of you.
We had lunch on the rocks by this part of the waterfall! It was really cool to stand so close to it and just hear the water thundering over. Plus it was off the trail so we got to walk on logs to get to it, which I love doing.
It was the best end to the weekend we could have asked for!
We feel so blessed to live in a place like this and to be able to take trips like this together.
wow! this looks gorgeous! I love spontaneous trips!
ReplyDeleteMe too! I love that something so cool can come from so little planning
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