We're at Silver Falls State Park this week (working, hiking, etc.) and late this afternoon we hiked from our campsite up to Winter Falls and back (about 5 miles). The thing about this particular hike is that (1) we mainly took the bike path (along with a bit of the Rim Trail) because we wanted to know how the bike path was, for when we come back WITH OUR NEW BIKES! (it was not super well-maintained, covered in debris and branches from last week's storm), and (2) we never did really SEE the falls because where we turned around and headed back was at the top of the falls, so we could see the water that was about to fall, and we could hear the falls, but not SEE the falls. But we'll get to the whole waterfall thing when we do the Trail of Ten Falls hike (maybe on Sunday).
Anyway, the path looked like this:
and this:
Lookit all that moss! You'd think we were in the South or somethin'!
We spent about 20 minutes chatting with the park host and learned that the snow up here a few days ago was CRAZY and that just yesterday most of the area was covered with 3-5 inches of water from the overflowing stream (the one right behind our campsite). Apparently the downed branches combined with the beavers building dams, messes up the flow just a bit. It's all fixed up now and we're on fairly dry ground (until the scheduled deluge begins tomorrow). Oh well, we're cozy inside, grilling some salmon on the Traeger, and tomorrow the second season of House of Cards
Wow!! This path is beautiful! Thanks for sharing! I need to add this to my places to go to web my wife and I are able to hit the road in an airstream. First we have to pay off some debt, and build our YouTube audience to find the lifestyle, but this place looks amazing!
Laura,
Which Traeger do you guys use? We have been looking at them recently because on Super Bowl Sunday we had some wings and salmon that were healthy and out of this world! They seem too big to take in the Airstream.
Thanks
Mike
Well, the answer to that is that we have THREE. At home we have a big one that we’ve had for years. Now, in the Airstream (or more accurately, in the back of the truck), we have the Traeger PTG (http://www.traegergrills.com/shop/detail/BBQ020) and it’s just about perfect for anything we’d want to do for two. Before the PTG, we had the Traeger Jr. (http://www.traegergrills.com/shop/detail/BBQ055). The Jr. fit in the back of our truck with the legs on it, but we took them off and added the tailgate kit (making it easier to get in and out). We could sit it on the picnic table or a sturdy camping table next to the Airstream and it worked great.
The PTG is quite a bit smaller and more manageable than the Jr., but you’re only gonna get two racks of ribs on there (not 4, like the Jr.) 🙂 We cooked salmon on it last night and it was perfect! Great for everything, really: veggies, fish, cheese-stuffed bacon-wrapped jalapenos….).