Sunday, September 7, 2008

Silver Falls State Park Hike

This Saturday we decided to take advantage of a day free from required things to do and make a semi-spur of the moment trip out to Silver Falls. We had heard that it was a beautiful area and had added it to our list of "things to do before leaving Oregon". Basically it is a state park that, within about a 5 mile loop, you can see 10 waterfalls (more like 6 during the non rainy season, a few of them were more like trickles that fell really far.) The kids handled walking up and down amazingly well and definately logged more miles than probably all previous hikes combined. There were a few times that we (mostly almost 8 months pregnant Bri) were literally applauded as we climbed switchbacks with children in tote. Of course no trip would be complete without the surprises of Dallas peeing in open public, using a rock to "color" on the minivans paint job, and Brooklyn falling out of the stroller 6 inches from about a 30' drop off. Just living the dream.











7 comments:

Will said...

That was gorgeous! I love looking in on the Dave & Bri family every once in a while.

Daisha said...

One of my favorite places in the world!! Glad you made it there . . . Brooklyn looks way too old. Where has the time gone?

Emily B. said...

I remember this hike from when we lived in Eugene. It's gorgeous!

Lisa said...

I second Daisha's comment - Brooklyn looks HUGE! She is adorable and I LOVE - laugh out loud love - the new header...hilarious!

CorayFam said...

What a fun hike and Bri you look AMAZING..as always. You are one of those preggo women who make being pregnant look good.

Adena and Greg said...

Looks like so much fun. Way to go for taking all your kids on a hike, especially while you're pregnant. Awesome!

su-tang 3000 said...

thanks for censoring the photos.