With beautiful colours, and a lucky warm day (in the teens), at Silver Falls

Behind the falls! Most of the falls have a grotto behind them; due to the volcanic geology

Thanks to Google Maps, AllTrails and GaiaGPS, we can research where to walk: to Pamelia Lake

Happy chappy in the forest without crowds

Beautifully maintained trails with the perfect knee-saving gradient for up and down

There's a massive volcano mountain behind those clouds - we glimpsed it! Mt Jefferson

Looking down the valley in a moment of sunshine. Next minute it was sleeting 😁

Pretty friggin cold, in the middle of the day

Snowy peaks and ridges behind Pamelia Lake

Again - beautiful trail, all to ourselves

Wet and green 😃 - temperate rainforest along Pamelia Creek

The 'toaster', Honda Element, kindly loaned to us by Dave and Anne

Walking in Oregon

October 29, 2024 in the United States ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C

A couple of beaut day-walks we've done so far while staying with Anne & Dave in Silverton. We've lucked it with the weather, neatly catching the end of an extended warm & dry fall, albeit interspersed with some typical rain and cold. At Silver Falls State Park, in warm weather, we did a lovely walk to most of the falls, accompanied by plenty of others on the popular trails. At snowy Pamelia Lake in the Mt Jefferson Wilderness we didn't see a soul and coped with the near-zero temps for some gorgeous scenery - see pics ! We didn't manage to reach the snow as it was melting as we ascended, but we were stoked to set foot on the Pacific Crest Trail, known to us from Cheryl Strayed's book Wild, which is a total classic in our family 😍Read more