August 28

This was another day that we couldn't follow the trail because there is no road near the trail so we followed the Columbia River. It is a magnificent river. We started out on I-84 then found Historic Old US 30 and decided to follow it. Thank goodness.

This is the first of the falls that we visited. It is called Horsetail Falls. It was very tall and very nice and it made a nice stop.

This spectacular falls is called Multnomah Falls. It is very, very tall and is a major tourist stop. We saw more people here than we have seen in all the other stops on the entire trip. It is about 1/4 mile up to the bridge which makes a nice view of the upper falls and the lower falls. We went there then decided to "walk" to the top of the falls. It was 1 1/4 miles up, straight up (read that: straight up). We walked straight up 1 mile with 8 switchbacks then down 1/4 mile with another 3 switchbacks to reach the top. We didn't think to see how long it took us to climb up but it took 40 minutes to walk down. Like Ed said, the signs at the bottom didn't tell you that the trail was made for mountain goats. We got our cardiovascular workout for the week done!

The top of the falls has just a small pond with a small to moderate amount of water flowing down. It is incomprehensible how such a small amount of water can make such a large, loud falls. It was beautiful from every level.

This is a view looking north across the Columbia River at Multnomah Falls.

This is looking down on the water as it leaves at the top of the waterfall. At Multnomah Falls.













The picture below is from the top looking down onto the bridge and farther down, the parking lot.

This is Bridal Veil Falls and required only about 1 1/2 miles of walking, slow walking!

This is another view of the Columbia River looking east with Washington state on the left and Oregon on the right. You can see that the Cascade Mountains are covered with many pine and fir trees.









We ended the day with finding fresh bing cherries and peaches at a roadside stand. Very delicious!