Oh Oregon! You never cease to amaze me.
The view from behind the falls. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
Hike along with us. Four paws and four feet, out of the car, into the Mount Hood National Forest wilderness, near the Pacific Crest Trail. To feel the spray of a magnificent waterfall...
Doodle’s deep thoughts on waterfalls. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
Brush past the first irridescent leaves of fall.
First hints of fall. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
Into the secret forest we go....
Smell the loamy, soggy soil.
Take a popular trail off Highway 35, the gateway to majestic Mount Hood.
Brave little dog walks the plank. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
OOPS! Doodle takes a look. It’s no biggie. He’s so brave. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
Step over a “walk the plank” bridge….
Don’t…. look…. down!
OOPS! You looked down!
Heart in throat time.
Smell the creek and chase the stream as it secretly builds.
Get lost in the secrets, the depth of the forest….
Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
Hike deeper and deeper.
You’re on your way to a remarkable waterfall.
Feeling small.
You can’t even imagine how big those waters are until you round the corner and they blow you back from the trail with just a little castoff spray.
You are dwarfed by them. You become one with them. The Tamanawas.
Behind her, one with her Tamanawas spirit. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
Don’t hold back - hike up and over and through the mine field - the cacophony of rocks that blocks the falls entrance… and keeps out those who are faint of heart.
Look out from behind her water, falling, down… you are now inside her.
Tamanawas Falls in the Mount Hood National Forest…
just one of many secrets in the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area.
Tamanawas Falls. Photo: (c) Barb Ayers, DogDiary.org
The land in which we live and breathe.