Oneonta Trailhead Hike - January 2015 - Part 5

Continuing over the bridge and up the connecting trail, which, if you continue a mile or so will take you down to Horsetail Falls. We didn't venture down that far. But we did stop at the look out at the top! To our surprise, there was a little rainbow!

Oneonta Trailhead Hike - January 2015 - Part 4

Upper Oneonta Falls.....SO MUCH WATER. It is pretty loud, and amazes me at how much water flows over the edge. Makes for very fast rapids, and white water below! So cool! If you follow me on Instagram, you've seen this snail. Can I just say he is soooo cute?! I thought I was seeing just a shell, then I looked closer and it was a whole snail!!! And here is the bridge that could use some help, looks cool and safe. Looks are deceiving!

Oneonta Trailhead Hike - January 2015 - Part 3

So this freaking awesome tree.....looks like something out of Narnia! I was so excited when Sara pointed this out. I had totally missed it! Then a view of  the water (from the bride) which is pouring over the edge to make Lower Oneonta Falls. Note, this bride probably needs to be replaced, the sign of "one person to cross at a time" has been there for quite a while......scary :P

Oneonta Trailhead Hike - January 2015 - Part 2

As with many hikes in the Columbia Gorge, you get great views of the Columbia River! Never ceases to amaze me. Also, found a super poky plant, I thought it was pretty; it was very hard to get into focus though! But look at those spines! Always finding new plants to photograph on my hikes!

Oneonta Trailhead Hike - January 2015 - Part 1

January 19th was a holiday, and my friends and I took advantage of that! No school, no work, a free day! We were planning to hike to Triple Falls, but alas, there had been a landslide, and the trail was closed. So we decided to continue on down to Upper Oneonta Falls! Here is our little adventure!

Triple Falls Hike

I went hiking on March 30th, which was a Wednesday. It was absolutely gorgeous out, and was glad I had a friend to go with. Triple Falls is out in the Columbia Gorge, here on the Oregon side, past Multnomah Falls. Though I have hiked it before, I don't remember it being as steep and so much of a work out! PHEW! But, it is totally worth it if you want to see some awesome things God made. Hiking definitely brings His creative side into light for me, I see it a lot better with my camera though. I am thankful I can get pictures (that I love) of what He has made! As you will see, I am a little obsessed with close up pictures. This is partly because this hike didn't have many, if any, viewpoints of the Gorge. The only major thing to photograph was the falls, so you get to see lots of flowers :)

Okay, I am not sure what that is below! We were driving back to Gresham on the highway, and I saw what looked like a really bright cloud. Looking closer I saw it was like a mini rainbow. My camera didn't catch all the colors I saw (more blue, orange, and reds), but regardless, it's still pretty!