WHEW! WHAT A VIEW

Morgan and I took a little road trip over the weekend. We were going to the antique show at the Expo Center in Portland. Before we left I said, " let's climb to the top of Multnomah Falls". We are trying to get fit and we needed to get our exercise in for the day so it sounded like a good idea. When we got there we walked to the base of the falls platform and it is beautiful there. Lots of tourists taking photos. We started up the path to the bridge. A short little hike to another pretty view. Then it was a mile to the top of the falls and since we had predetermined to go, off we went. We rounded a corner and there on a post it said "1 of 11 switchbacks". That should have been our first clue. We hiked up that trail back and forth on the switchbacks. It got harder and harder the farther we went. 3/4 of the way up we were really regretting our decision. We kept getting encouraging remarks from people on their way down about how worth it it is so on we trudged. It really didn't take that long and before we knew it we were heading downhill to the top of the falls (knowing full well we would have to go back up this little decline to get back on the downward path later). It was worth it. The view was "gorge-ous". You really can't see the falls from the top. There's a nice creek to play in and a smaller falls that's nice too.
We had a good walk. On the way out of the parking lot we saw mom, my sister Suci, her friend Dee and Dee's daughter just arriving. Morgan called and told them to hike to the top. They did, except for mom who saw "1 of 11 switchbacks" and waited at the bottom.