This weekend, we camped at Cold Springs campground near Metolius and did a little day hike out to Upper Chush Falls. On the way back, the wildfire smoke rolled in on strong winds. We hiked through a burnout and stopped to listen to the otherworldly creaking and squealing of the dead trees in the murky air. Angela took a fall and picked up some pretty gnarly splinters. I tried to dig them out with my knife but only managed to extract one.
Silver Falls Lower Loop Hike
I took my dad to Silver Falls today. He'd never been and I've never seen it so empty. We stopped at the lodge afterwards, where they were giving out free pie and hot cider.
Happy Holidays!
Pup Creek Falls
I hiked this one last year but brought along an older “play” camera, so I was happy to bring along my 5D this time around.