Meandering around Multnomah Falls

I decided to extend my Independence Day weekend and took last Tuesday off to spend it with Chris because he has been away on tour for the past week. What to do? It was a beautiful day, so we decided to hike up Multnomah Falls in the Gorge. We hiked up to the top of the falls, then took the Wahkeena trail down past Fairy Falls, then back to the base of Multnomah.

This is basically the loop that we took, with the exception that we walked the trail that passes by Fairy Falls. In total it was about 6.2 miles.

It was a beautiful day, and we got some good exercise. We definitely took our time - I'm a bit slow on the uphill, and there were a ton of wildflowers to take pictures of. We capped off our victorious climb by stopping at McMenamin's Edgefield Power Station Pub. Yum!

At the base of Multnomah Falls

Me and Chris at the top of Multnomah Falls

Weisendanger Falls, upstream from Multnomah

Lovely larkspur!

Oregon iris - see the bee in the upper right petal? She'll be off to pollinate another plant soon!

Columbia tiger lily

Fairy Falls on the Wahkeena Trail

At the bottom of Wahkeena Falls