10.12.13 : cascade falls

I skipped Washington. Don't worry, I definitely did the Washington coast, but I had a goal to be in British Columbia for their holiday weekend (Canadian Thanksgiving!) and my plan just didn't leave enough time to do the Washington coast on the way up.

Having visited the greater Vancouver area three times in the last few years, I'd have thought I'd exhausted the local waterfalls, but in fact, there was at least one I hadn't seen yet, so my friend Jeff and I headed that way on my first day there.

It was a perfectly beautiful fall day, only tainted by some unfortunate graffiti on the rocks surrounding the falls…left for us by the class of 2014. I'll try to avoid a soapbox rant, but seriously people…if there's one thing that should be left untouched by the hands of miscreant youths, it's nature. Go graffiti something manmade and leave my waterfalls alone!

Ok. Rant over.

I also have to give some photo credit to Jeff, whose hand is pictured in the photo of him taking a photo of me on my iPhone (a gal's gotta Instagram). He came up with that one all on his own.

9.11.13 : chasing waterfalls.

Sorry for the delay folks. I've unexpectedly found myself in Arkansas for a few days, so the last minute traveling and prep threw me off my schedule a bit.  

On the morning of September 11th, I headed towards Crater Lake for the day. Unbeknownst to me, there are several trails leading to waterfalls on the way, so I began pulling off to hike them each time I saw one. After consulting with my uncle, I was informed that there were so many along the way that I'd likely never make it if I took the time to stop and hike to each one. So I stopped at three and forced myself to drive to the lake only a few hours behind schedule.