Steelhead Falls

March 19, 2017

It was a bright and sunny day today and the weather had warmed up some (somewhere in the 60's), so we thought it would be the perfect time to get out and go for our first hike of the year!

There are supposed to be a lot of great hiking places here in centeral Oregon and we want to explore them.  Today mom found a hike that was fairly close to our house and was a little over a mile.  She figured that for our first hike we would do a short one to ease us into it. 

We found a fence to sit on while mom and dad got everything ready.

 

We are headed to Steelhead Falls for our hike today.

There were some fun rock cliffs that we hiked through to get the to falls.

It is fun to see the different colors in the rocks.

Look at me go, running along the trail.

Our first view of the falls.

I had a great time hiking along and eating my trail mix.

I found a rock to rest on while Dad, Scout, and I waited for mom and Makayla to catch up.

I had fun climbing up on the rock.

Another view of the falls.

Standing in front of Steelhead falls.

I also enjoyed my trail mix along the way.

We made it to the falls and found a place to sit down and rest while we enjoyed the view.

Steelhead falls.

It was such a nice afternoon for a hike.

Dad and McKenzie headed out to an overlook to get a better view.  Wait for us we are coming.

Here is the view they saw.  With all the snow we got this year the Deschutes river was flowing fast and high causing lots of water to rush over the falls.  We will have to come back in the fall and see what it looks like with less water flowing.

Mom wanted to get some photos with us in front of the waterfall, of course I was a good sports about it!

We got Makayla to come over and join in the waterfall photos.

We headed back and on our way we stopped at other view point to see the falls.

Of course some more photos of us in front of the falls.

The Deschutes river along the path.

The trees around here are so interesting.

We took a short bathroom break and had fun playing with sticks while we waited for dad.

Look at the sticks we found.

There were some wildflowers out and about on our hike.  We found these yellow flowers.  Mom thinks that they are Oregon sunshine.  She is not 100% sure and if you know what it is let her know!  We sure a had a fun time out on our hike.