Salmon salmon salmon...

Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:59:59 -800

Today's hike took me 40 miles out of town into the Columbia Gorge. I hiked up
from Cascade Locks through empty forests to a small waterfall that was carving
a "V" shape out of the face of a cliff and had lunch there. Very quiet and
pleasant--precisely what I needed to get away from the world for a few hours.
A surprisingly easy hike; it looks like there aren't very many people who have
attempted this path. Decades ago, the town of Cascade Locks installed some
(now very decrepit) diversion gates; it seems that they once got their water
from here. 5.4 miles to go from town up here and back. I enjoyed this hike
very very much, and now I'm high on life. :)