And the Rain Came Tumbing Down

And the rain came tumbling down...over the ridge creating a spectacular waterfall. It is spring in Oregon and that means rain fall, the wonderful benefit of all the surplus rain is the creation of waterfalls. This waterfall is running so rapidly because of the steady rain Oregon has been getting all winter. David said that the falls are almost non-existent in the summer because of the drought and heat.


This water fall is massive and we had to wear rain jackets to keep from getting soaked.


Check out David and the boys...so cute


Here is the attempt to show you how big the falls actually is...


And here is the indian tribe decked out in all our rain and winter finery

Little waterfalls or streams could be seen through the foliage all along the path up to the top of the falls.

Every switch back on the trail has a marker that helps hikers to count down till they reach the top. We started off really good, all in good spirits, and energy.

Part way up the trail we encountered a group of mourners who had the bagpipes playing and a funeral procession following down from the falls. We were never really sure what it was about but hearing the bagpipe with the mist from the falls made one feel as though you were in "County Tyrone, that's in Ireland".

Here is the view for one of the switch backs, we climbed only about 1 1/4 mile up but we went straight up the mountainside. You can see a lake in the far distances.


Well, we were doing good but here is the Reinhold family taking a breather half-way up the mountain. Gabe and Braydon are doing more then breathing...they are taking advantage of the short distance to the ground and the fact that they are boys and do not care if their cloths get dirty and wet.
Here is the view looking down from the falls. It is straight down. The noise is incredible and the view spectacular.

We all made it to the top and a good Samaritan took our picture.

Right behind the long drop off is this beautiful mini water fall.

Here is one happy couple. Can you feel the love tonight?


Views of the stream that creates the waterfall can be seen the last 1/4 mile of the trail.

Here is the wet and tired group taking advantage of Ruth's desire for a ton of pics to take a rest and get a group shot. We picked up a little babushka along the way. Das Vi Danya, Vonda!

This reminds me of a Bob Ross painting for some reason.

David took this shot...great job...the views were just incredible.

Say cheese!

Give us a big kiss, Braydon! Yummy you taste like vanilla!


The Babushka allow me to take a close up picture with her.

Here we seek refuge from the rain in the whole in the rock.

Aaah...may the beauty of the waterfalls and the thought we had there linger in our hearts forever..it all seems but a dream...the wonderful time we spent admiring God's beautiful nature.