Silver Falls State Park

On our trip back from Vancouver last weekend, we went to Silver Falls State Park. It was a wet grey day, but the drive back through the country side was still beautiful. I had never been to Silver Falls so I was excited to see what was there. Most of the waterfalls are only accessible by hiking, and neither of us was up to that. But we did get to see 2 falls.

The first was North Falls.




After a short drive we came to the campground/picnic area.


A fall leaf.


The lodge at Silver Falls.

This is South Falls.



For the brave at heart you can hike to the bottom and then behind the falls. Neither of us are brave at heart, so we stayed up at the top.



Looking down at the bridge at the bottom of the canyon. I am sure the hike down is easy, but don't even want to think about the hike up.

This is the creek above the falls.

I thought this little girl was so cute peering through the bridge.




And in case you ever wonder where Christmas trees come from.... we drove through miles and miles of Christmas tree farms. This one even had it's own special view point on the side of the road.