Hike #28, Trail of 10 Falls (Silver Creek)

My favorite time to visit the "Trail of 10 Waterfalls" is in the fall when the leaves are changing colors and the crowds have gone home.  The clouds broke as we drove from Portland to Silver Falls State Park http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_211.php making for fantastic hiking weather (cool and dry!)  The sun in this rare October blue sky day only intensified the color of the leaves & mosses.  This 7.1 mile hike always seems to go too quickly.  You don't even notice the 1300 ft elevation gain as you gradually make your way up the canyon filled with waterfalls around every corner.



Someone else had my camera this time!

I captured all 10 waterfalls using my iPhone in this album for you to enjoy:

2011 - Silver Falls, Trail of 10 Falls

Half Way Point

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Its been about 16 months since I was resting after a long 14 mile hike to the top of Larch Mountain and thought to myself, I feel great!  It was at that moment that I conceived of 52 Hikes.  If I could commit myself to going on 52 hikes, I could easily lose 52 lbs and feel great 52 times over the course of the next year of my life.  Today, as I updated the map of the places I have hiked on this quest, I noticed that I am half way there.  While it will ultimately take much longer than a year to accomplish this goal, I am proud of the fact that I have made it outdoors 21 times this year (2011) and on the majority of the hikes I have been accompanied by my beautiful daughters and wonderful friends.