Weisendanger Falls

This picture is all for me.  As I was really looking across my photos from my hike with Landon, I stumbled upon this one and fell in love with it.  If I don't put it on the blog there is a very real chance that I will forget about this picture forever.  Hopefully I will not forget about it if it's here to see.  Since it's my blog, I figure I can indulge myself :)

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.

Tamanawas Falls

Well for some reason I couldn't get the other post to do the picture of the falls so....

HERE IT IS!!!!!

Isn't it beautiful? I am so thankful that I live in an area surrounded by waterfalls. If I had the time to go hiking every weekend I could see a different one. It just amazes me!

Hiking Tamanawa Falls

Friday and Saturday was girls night. Kyleigh & I went over to our friends' Madi & Julie and spent the night. We had a great evening filled with games, movies and best of all great laughs!

Saturday we went hiking..on what was supposed to be an easy 4 mile hike and turned into a fairly difficult 5 mile hike. But, it was well worth it! At least, Julie & I think so..the girls may not agree. Hiking is one of the many passions that Julie & I share so hopefully this summer you'll get to see lots of great hiking pictures.

Here is a washed out bridge.

Kyleigh playing in the spray from the falls.