Hiking the falls in the Columbia Gorge is always fun and you never know what you’re going to see. Mom said we were going to stop at Horsetail Falls and I had my mind all made up that this is what we were going to see.
Silly me. I guess I wasn’t listening and missed the “Falls” part…
and I sure didn’t see any horses.Mr. N and I cavorted up the path through a series of switchbacks lined with basalt walls.
We soon reached Upper Horsetail Falls, also called Ponytail Falls.
The water fell into a pool (how I longed to take a dip) and the path went behind the falls!
Mom loves to know all this stuff about why we were behind the falls, so she said I could tell you. In very simple terms (that’s me, by the way), a basalt lava flow buried a softer layer of rock and soil. Then water and winter ice removed the softer material below, creating a cavern of sorts. And there we were! In the cavern.
Moving along, we hiked to a spot that overlooked the Columbia River
Sweet hike. Love to see the world coming alive again.
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Love your adventures Sage. Very nice photographs.
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All that lovely water and you didn’t get wet?
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That looks like a lot of fun, Sage!
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Looks like a lotta fun! 🙂
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The ponytail falls are really beautiful. Mom would love to hike there too. Sage, that last shot of you is just gorgeous!!!
Woos – Phantom, Ciara, and Lightning
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Such great photos Sage and what a cool place!
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Awesome hike, even if there were no ponies!
Wyatt
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Sage, you always have such awesome adventures!
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That looks like an awesome hike! I’ve been behind a waterfall before, but dogs weren’t allowed in the park, so Barley never has been.
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Oh, I never was behind a falls… that’s just great… have you discovered a secret there?
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Lovely photos 🙂 Happy Sage and pal 🙂
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wow that looks like lots of fun. Thank you for sharing the pictures
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What a beautiful hike! That is so cool to be able to go behind the falls!
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