Sunday, March 28, 2010

Wahkeena Falls to Multnomah Falls Trail

Yesterday Landon & I went for a hike.  It really is my most favorite thing to do.  The terrible thing about me is I tend to not ease into anything.  If I'm going for a hike or a bike ride, I'm going all out, regardless of what kind of shape I'm in.  I have always wanted to hike Wahkeena Falls but it is crazy to even try and park there in the summer.  So, I decided to hike there yesterday.  I mean, of course we can handle 5.5 miles, forget the 2.5 mile hike I was thinking about :)  So, this post will be alot of pictures!

This is the beginning of Wahkeena Falls




Here is Landon and I at the beginning of our hike.  We have no clue what we are getting ourselves into :)

Landon taking a picture with his new phone

I love pictures of paths and a pretty cool heart shaped leaf that Landon found

Wahkeena Springs (I'm getting better at taking pics of Landon & I)




Landon holding up a tree, he's pretty strong.
More of Landon & I and Wahkeena Springs
 Here is Landon and I at Fairy Falls.  I've always wanted to see Fairy Falls, it's just such a pretty place.  It's not huge but it sure is pretty.  You round a corner and just catch sight of it, so beatiful.
A cool trail marker long the way...good thing it's there, lets us know we are on the right path.

This is the beautiful path between Wahkeena Springs and Multnomah Creek
Now we have made it to Multnomah Creek, the beginnings of Multnomah Falls

Ecola Falls, which is above Multnomah Falls on Multnomah Creek
Weisendanger Falls, which is in between Ecola and Multnomah Falls
Landon and I at the bottom of Weisendanger Falls
Multnomah Creek, almost to Multnomah Falls
Landon at the top of Multnomah Falls...only 1 1/2 miles to go dude..almost done!  :)

Once we hit Multnomah Falls we had a .5 mile hike back to Wahkeena Falls, this was small "waterfall" along that path.  I'm sure by summer it will be gone. 
This was truly a great day.  There were not  alot of people out, although there were more then I expected.  Landon and I have decided to hike every other Saturday and I'm pretty excited about it.  I was glad we did this hike this time of year.  It's great to hit the waterfalls early in the Spring because the runoff is so huge!  It's nice to have one kid that loves it as much as I do.  Even when it was really intense, he never complained, he just enjoyed the moment. 

You can start this hike at Multnomah Falls and go the other way if you want.  I personally am glad that we started at Wahkeena.  I think that going down some of the spots around Fairy Falls and Wahkeena Falls would have been more difficult due to rocks and tree roots, the path going down Multnomah Falls is all paved which makes a little more easier.

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