We were making our way south now. We said goodbye to our motel with a nice view of a river, but not before the girls spent some time making a bridge between the beds with their bodies so the others could walk over them. Fun tims.
We hiked the the seven-mile Trail of Ten Falls in Silver Falls State Park in Oregon on Wednesday. It had been a highlight on our last Oregon trip. It remains incredible, of course, although hiking it in the blazing middle of the day was definitely less glorious for me than last time, when we hit in the afternoon and had that lovely soft light. During the first portion of the hike, I photographed as much sister love (the carrying and the hand-holding, the latter of which was my very favorite) as I did waterfalls.
Wrenzy is not a hand-holder (or an affectionate creature at all) most of the time, so this was really lovely.
Tiny weighed down her pockets with a million little rocks. That girl.
We lunched at the cafe at the far end of the loop (where we'd gotten treats last time).
Last time the girls voted to continue past the starting point to finish out the last little finger (maybe a half-mile roundtrip) to the tenth waterfall. This time when we reached the parking lot, they just wanted to be done. I wanted to finish it, though, and ultimately everyone went (with much drama). The last waterfall isn't amazing, but I don't like quitting before the end.
