We got up reasonably early today to head out to the Columbia River Gorge to go hiking. Per the recommendation of some of my relatives we did the
Eagle Creek Trail. A beautiful hike past a couple waterfalls to the Punchbowl which is a pond in a hollow with a waterfall on one end. The day was gorgeous and the hiking was just rigorous enough. Wonderful.
Winter weather had damaged a bridge so we had to ford the creek.
The Punchbowl.
After the hike we stopped by Multnomah Falls. Majestic but packed with tourists.
A little ways down the road we randomly pulled off at
Rooster Rock State Park. Home of a basalt obelisk dubbed "cock rock" by Lewis & Clark and also home to one of two of Oregon's clothing optional beaches. There wasn't much to it and it was mostly abandoned(presumably everyone heads straight to the nude beach section) but it was very striking and surreal to walk along the river, quiet and alone relatively close to a major highway.
On the way back we got dinner in Portland and got ice cream at the justly lauded
Salt & Straw. A fun and exhausting day.
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