I told you there was more to my blogiversary adventures and you’ll have to wait to see what my ‘mischief’ is.
Our next venture on our blogiversary trip was to Zigzag Falls, which is on the Zigzag River up near Mt. Hood.
I was getting a little confused with all the zigging and zagging stuff, so I had Mom do a little research for me. She found out that the river comes from the Zigzag Glacier on the southwest side of Mt. Hood and goes through the Zigzag Canyon and then out to the Sandy River (next to my most favorite dog park in the whole world—1000 Acres). I still didn’t know why it was called Zigzag, but Mom said this is what she found:
“Pioneer Joel Palmer crossed the deep ravine of Zigzag Canyon near the timberline on Mt. Hood on October 11, 1845. He described the crossing in his journal:
The manner of descending is to turn directly to the right, go zigzag for about one hundred yards, then turn short round, and go zigzag until you come under the place where you started from; then to the right, and so on, until you reach the base.
The Zigzag River is no more crooked than adjoining streams, therefore the stream was most likely identified to fellow travelers on what was to become the Barlow Road by the manner of crossing and not for an especially irregular alignment.”
We did a lot of that zigzagging going up to Mirror Lake, but Mom called them ‘switchbacks’. She said they could also be called ‘S’ curves. I’m really confuserated so I checked out the Zigzag River and didn’t think it was very crooked! But in the spirit of adventure, on we went to the falls.
We got to them pretty quickly…just a short hop and a skip from the trailhead…but we were OK with that after all the zigging and zagging we did earlier. 
There are a gazillion falls around Mt. Hood and this one is nice. Not as spectacular as some, but how many are full of zigs and zags?
Pee Ess: I hope you notice the cleanliness of my furs. I wanted to present the cleanest image of me for such a momentous event. 
I think you could even call that a bit of mischief!!
Sage you look very beautiful with the falls in the background
Hey Sage,
I nearly didn’t recognize you cos you were SO clean!! That sure is good Mischief!!
Glad you had fun,
Your pal Snoopy
I thought you looked extra spiffy
I thought you might find some ZigZag mud!
You are so lucky to live near such beautiful surroundings Sage. It was interesting to read the origin of Zigzag. You are looking very fine in the pictures!
Hey Sage, Jet here.
What gorgeous and informative zig zagging! Happy Blogiversary as well! Glad you went on such a special outing.
Zigzag… what a fun name!
Woof! Found you on blog hop! You are such a pretty girl! I wish I was so pretty, but I am a boy!
~Stinky Kisses, Mason
You look so pretty against all that luscious green, Sage. Thanks for sharing your special day with us.
Oh, sweet Sage you do look sparkly clean. Do you mean to tell us you didn’t find any nice mud on your Zigzag adventure? That is a beautiful place. The falls look like they run very fast. We bet the sound of the falls was very nice. Hugs and nose kisses
Sage, we think it must be a lot of fun zigging and zagging through the trails. Maybe you could add a few zoomies too:) Love those falls.
And without a doubt your furs are looking mighty lovely today.
Woos – Phantom, Thunder, Ciara, and Lightning
Thank dog they did not shut the waters off at your place coz they sure is pritty.