Multnomah Falls unedited 2- 12-08

 

The roadsigns at the beginning of the gorge said "Traction tires or traction Devices Reqired".

Well, the tires on my not so new car are "M&S" rated all season "touring" tires, so I braved it.  Not going in real far anyway.

In fact, it was directly to the coffee shop outside that I went; a Cappachino, please.

It was COLD here.  23 degrees, according to the car’s temp reading, but with that gorge wind?  Below freezing.

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The water in the stream from the Falls was somewhat colder too.

No ice skating here.

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I had the camera set for "Snow" and all my pictures yesterday came out in a blue tint.

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Multnomah Falls is a scenic place to visit – we get visitors from all over the world here.  The Falls are pretty good looking too.

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I didn’t feel inspired to walk much further than the bridge….

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That rock fence beside the trail is getting to me more as I see it more.

I don’t wanna make the news that way.

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Not very much snow up here – a dusting.  The wind was hugel

y strong though – it coulda blown that snow to Washington aross the river.

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Yeah, normally the sound of the water hitting this first pool below that 500 and some foot fall is wonderful music.

Today, it sounded a lot like crashing knives.

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I HAD to walk out on the Benson Bridge to get these shots:

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I took a couple’s picture by the Falls here; she offered to take mine:

Even with my number one winter coat on, it was COLD  here and I didn’t feel a need to linger long.

Next up, more single pics like this.

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