Our destination!
Except the water was crashing too furiously over the Falls for us to get close with our cameras.
This is a view downstream:
And this is mid-stream from a footbridge; not even close to the upper falls:
The next 3 shots are as close as I dared get:
And even these are "below" the Falls.
I really like the way, when I shot for "slow water", it showed up
as individual burbling fountains:
We took the trail below the Falls into the woods, and suddenly we were away from the overwhelming roaring sound and into a magical grotto:
A favorite author of mine, Timothy Egan, calls himself a "son" of the Pacific Northwest, as I am a "daughter". He says, "I grew up with wrap-around green, water everywhere, and a horizon always interrupted by mountains."
What could exemplify that more than where we found ourselves, below the Falls?
Bunchberry, a lovely and common ground cover in the Northwest:
And this infant Devil's Club has already learned its role of being fierce:
3 comments:
Nice work slowing down the torrent! Great overview and details. Cannot wait to go back there!
You are so right, ML. These pictures are pure Northwest! Just magnificent!
I. Really. Want. To. Go. There.
Exquisite!
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