Silver Falls State Park

Tuesday: (10/25) French toast and sausage for breakfast. I like mine with peanut butter and jelly. Lou just uses the jelly. We stopped for gas and then cruised out of town Eastbound on highway 26. It winds through East Portland to Gresham and on to Sandy where we caught highway 211. We stopped in Estacada to visit a doll shop and then turned onto highway 213 to Silverton where we turned on to highway 214 and on to Silver Falls State Park. Tomorrow I'll hike the trail by all the water falls, there are ten splendid water falls here in the park on about a five mile trail. We've visited several times before but always try to stop by when we are nearby. Lou's knee isn't feeling too good so she will continue to rest it. I've always hiked the trail from South Falls to North Falls on past visits but this time will do it in reverse. Along the way to the park we had summer sausage , cheese, and crackers for lunch. We enjoyed a nice afternoon campfire before retiring to the warmth of the inside of the RV. For dinner Lou prepared BBQ ribs, baked French fires, asparagus, and coleslaw.
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Wednesday: (10/26) Lou fixed Don McMuffin's for breakfast. This time they were pork chop, egg and cheese. Lou dropped me off at the North Falls trailhead. This morning there was a nice white frost on the ground and real bite in the air at 30 degrees when I started the hike. By starting fairly early we were able to leave today by the 1pm checkout.


The canyon trail passes by the ten waterfalls hence the reason it goes by the name Canyon trail or The Trail of ten Falls. It beautiful with the autumn colors but it was very slippery. My hiking shoes really don't like frosty rocks so it was like ice skating for much of the 5 mile hike.  Above is the Upper North Falls and the Middle North Falls


Above left is the view from behind the North Falls and the Middle North Falls.


Above are Drake Falls and Twin Falls.


Above are Lower North Falls and Lower South Falls.


Above are a couple of views of South Falls.


Another view of South Falls.


Above is the trail below Lower North Falls.


Not much in the way of wildlife or flowers along this trail. So the mushrooms above have to suffice.

When I finished the hike I returned to camp and took my shower. We had leftovers for lunch. Before leaving we did the tank duty and then were off down highway 214 then highway 22 through Salem. I called the satellite dish repair place in Eugene and arranged an appointment for Monday. We're headed back toward the beach for the weekend.