Portland
Silver Falls Trail
After packing up our stuff, Chris, Danny, and I headed downtown for a requisite visit to Voodoo Doughnut, a diabetic's nightmare. the signature item in this place is the bacon-maple bar. this thing is a creme-filled monstrosity topped with bacon and a maple-syrup frosting. Sugar high doesn't even begin to cover this thing. I could only have a bite or two before I started feeling sick, but it was tasty at least. From here we split from Danny since Chris and I wanted to do a big 7 mile waterfall loop hike and he was planning on heading to Seattle. One of the great things about this trip was the random meeting of people and adventure. We then headed south to get to the state park. Once we finally got there, the hike was great even though the water levels and thus flowing volume somewhat low; though at least two 'named falls' water was nonexistent. We did have a good time at the portions where the trail went in behind the active falls (you know, the back side of a waterfall looks surprisingly similar to the front side) and are sure that in the spring the visual aspects must be astounding, but were were still far from disappointed. After numerous photo opportunities and some good exercise, we headed back to Portland for one last dinner with a few hash friends before heading off to the airport to begin the next adventure. To save money and daylight time I had booked a red-eye from Portland to NYC, my next travel adventure destination.
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