Silver Falls State Park May 14th Hike

As much as I love to go hiking, my right hip and my out-of-shape lungs just won't let me hike long distances as fast as I did a few years ago when I got done with a 6-week Geology field camp for my degree. During the class, we were hiking 7-12 miles a day over hilly and often steep terrain. As much as I would love to make a backpacking trip to Jefferson Park (on the north side of Mount Jefferson), I doubt it will happen anytime soon. In the meantime, I am breaking up the Trail of Ten Falls (the main trail at Silver Falls State Park) into segments that I can do within a certain amount of time without over-stressing my bad hip. Today I took the trail that loops from Winter Falls into the canyon, past Twin Falls and North Falls, and back out of the canyon. I also took a detour to see some of the waterfalls I saw last week to get some short videos of them. I will post them later. Now, the only waterfall I have left to see in the park this year is Upper North Falls...

 Baneberry

 Menzie's Larkspur

 North Falls

 White Fawn Lily

Winter Falls