Silver Falls

Today we decided to spend some family time together by taking another hike.  We drove about an 1.5 south to a place called Silver Falls State Park.  It is known to have some of the prettiest waterfalls in the state and I think they were true.  It was a typical Oregon day, rainy and foggy but we took our chances and had a really good time.  Silver Falls has over 25 miles of hiking trails, but I saw a picture of South Falls on the internet so we decided to start with that one and go from there. We spent about 3 hours hiking up and down hills....I figured out it was about a total of 5 miles!!  Garrett did so awesome. He loved the "forest" and Haylee enjoyed her backpack. We didn't hear one fuss out of her the entire time!!

Here are some pictures at the top of Upper South Falls.

Behind the Waterfall

Garrett LOVED the logs.  Every log we saw he had to either sit on it or stand on it!!

Haylee seems to really enjoy the backpack.  She leans over so she can look around!  We took turns carrying her....well Josh carried her 90% and I carried her 10% of the time (I would like to the say that my 10% was straight UP HILL the ENTIRE time!!)

Lower South Falls

Behind Lower South Falls

Haylee enjoying her time!!

The fog was pretty crazy

Here was North Falls Lookout.  After talking with some people that we passed during the hike, North Falls is the best one, but oh well!!  We were too tired and it was starting to get dark to tackle this falls.  We would like to go rent a cabin for the weekend and do several of the trails.  That way the kids can get naps and won't be so tired but we can cover more ground!!