Walk 500 Miles

I was hoping this post would be on something else but unfortunately I haven't heard anything about the original topic so here is the substitute.

On Monday, some people drove over to the Columbia River Gorge to do my favorite hike of all time, Oneonta Falls.  The hike itself is very short, probably less than .5 miles, but it is one of the most fun/gorgeous hikes I have ever done.

The hike starts off by walking down some stairs from a bridge that lead to the beginning of the "trail."  The trail is actually a river.  The whole hike is either walking alongside or in the water.  

The first major obstacle is climbing over a massive stack of logs.  Make a wrong step and there is some serious potential for injury.  On our way out, we saw a lot of little kids trying to make it across the logs.  If I was a parent, I would have been freaking out.

A bit further up, being tall has its advantages.  The options to make it past one part of the trail are to traverse the slippery rocks on the side or continue walking in the water.  The water gets pretty deep at one point.  It got just under my chest at this time of year so some of the shorter people had to keep their heads up in order to not completely submerge.  

Walk a little longer and there is the waterfall.  We went swimming for a bit in the pool but that water was quite chilly.

After making our way back to the car, we decided to adventure onto a trail head we had parked near.  The path took us to a bridge which had a rather concerning warning on it stating that if more than one person went on at a time, there was a chance it would collapse.  That's always a fun thing to read. 

We made our way over to the top of a smaller waterfall and kept walking along the water.  The scenery was amazing.  One of the best parts was when Mitch got yelled at by a soccer mom standing on the danger bridge.  He was taking a picture and the crazy lady thought he was going to jump off the waterfall so she started frantically screaming and waving her arms.  It was great. 

After a quick stop at Multnomah Falls to fully embrace the Portland tourist spirit, we headed back home.

That's all for now.  Bye.