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Pictures Of Waterfalls In Northern Oregon (The End Of The Road Trip for Foto-Friday)

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By mightyj
Thu Jul 29, 2010 9:53 PM
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Postcard shot of Multnomah falls. That's the cover shot.

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First look at Multnomah Falls. Located in the Columbia River Gorge about 20 miles east of Portland Oregon.

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This sign on the trail to the top of the falls tells the story of the local geology and geography. They really want everyone to stay on the trail.

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This is a picture of the bottom of the upper fall where it falls into this pool. It's pretty there and cool because of the mist.

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This is a view of the Columbia River from high up on the trail to the top of the falls.

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Reina may be, "Just a dog," but she knows the importance of staying hydrated while on a big hike. Just after this picture was taken, a guy from Arrowhead Water gave her a scooby snack.

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This is a picture of the elusive Northern Oregon Turbo Varmint they get 0-60 in 4.2 seconds and this one was very difficult to get a picture of. There was a large crowd standing behind me (3 people but they were all pretty big).

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This picture of the Columbia River taken from way up toward the top of the falls is kind of woodsy. Lots of trees obstructing the view. I liked this pic. due to the way the trees frame the river.

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This is a shot of the top of the falls. It was taken from about the 550 foot level. The falls drop 620 feet for the upper fall top to the pool.

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This is Reina in sylhouette, somebody tell A mac I am still trying. Reina does not really count as wildlife but she is feisty.

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Notice the way Reina's tongue curls upward as she starts to overheat. Dogs evaporate saliva on their tongue to cool themselves, they also lie in a cool spot and will drop the heat out of their body if given the chance.

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Waterfall dogs. Reina (center) and Sophie (right?) They were dog tired by this stage.

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This is another postcard shot but the first one had a longer exposure which made the water stand out a little more. This one has better color for the background but my favorite would be the first one.

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This is a picture of the lower fall. I like the water in motion effect.

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Last look at Multnomah falls. These falls are actually close to the Portland Airport. Anybody with a long layover could take a cab the 18 miles to go see them.

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Dog devestation. For some reason I couldn't interest these guys in a nice walk.

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The sign at Horse Tail Falls. These falls are just a few miles east of Multnomah.

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This pretty water fall actually does look like a horses tail.

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The bottom of Horse Tail Falls. It has a nice pool there, and there was a couple swimming there when I took this picture.

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This shot of the Columbia River Gorge was taken at dusk.

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Columbia River just after sundown.

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This sign at the view point had some interesting Oregon history.

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Poor Reina, Limping around like a three legged dog she collapsed right there and didn't get up for 10 hours. She is all better now, her particular breed has some leg issues.

These Pictures are a continuation of the subject of last week we are now in Seattle and I am so happy to be here. We stopped in Northern Oregon in a town called Troutdale it is on the Columbia River near the Gorge. The Columbia River Gorge is a place where the river litterally appears to cut through a mountain range. The geography of the place makes for lots of little water falls and there is lots of little hiking trails. The pictures from our hiking were at Multnomah Falls, and the dogs walked there short legs all the way up there to get the pictures for this friday.

After leaving California seeing the people of Northern Oregon was a bit of a shock, my first impression was that food must be really cheap there. That said when we were hiking there was all kinds of people walking around the forest that were both very husky and in excellent shape. Kind of like really big exercise bunnies. I am quite sure that the local chicken joints were probably trampled at the end of the day but it kind of ruined the whole fat and lazy theory. Even the dogs were a little nervous sharing the trail with some of the fluffy people. I was gonna get pictures but I was holding out for spandex and missed an opportunity to tell the story with a picture.

I hope you like the pics. poor Reina the dog was limping at the end of the day and when we got back to the hotel she crawled into bed got under the covers and didn't move for ten hours. So I guess there was at least some animal cruelty in the making of the photographs, I have of course apologized to Reina and we got her a new squeeky dog toy (she loves to make that noise) as a sort of get better present. By the time we moved into the house in Seattle she was ripping around the yard at top dog speed like nothing ever happened.

Note: Reina is a very high speed dog but has no brakes. Her normal when coming to you is to run up and crash into you and sit down at the same time. It is very dis-concerting at first. For those of you that don't know her she is the darker colored, half ankle pincher, half chihuahua dog in the pictures. She originally broke onto the Newsvine scene as The Illegal Alien Dog.

When I went to publish this the picture count was really high and I am pretty sure that is the reason that I lost all of the pictures and captions rather than do that again another part of this article has been published with the rest of the pictures. Maybe it is for the best. CLICK HERE TO GO TO SEE THE REST OF THE PICTURES!!!

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