Saturday, May 09, 2009

May Hike

Wallace Falls State Park is within an hour drive from Seattle in the city of Gold Bar off highway 2.  There are a total of three waterfalls that make up Wallace Falls: lower, middle and upper.  We were blessed with warm and sunny weather.  It was a beautiful hike and very manageable.  We are rating this hike as one of our top 5.

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Always start your hike with a little yummy in your tummy (in this case, Antje’s homemade spam musubi)

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The happy hikers

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The Lower Falls

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See the Middle Falls up there?  That’s where we’ll be heading.

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But first, let’s check out Lower Falls and beyond

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The best part of every hike – lunch time!

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Middle Falls – it was spectacular!

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The leading ladies

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The boys don’t look too bad themselves

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Emil & his mom

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You had to be there….

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Bird’s eye view from the Middle Falls

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Looking down from the Middle Falls to the Lower …

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Upper Falls

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Venturing out on the rocks

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Antje is going to kill me for posting this photo but its so darn cute!

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Will sifting for gold…

1 comment:

Josie said...

Beautiful water falls! So nice of Emil's mom to join the hike...how cute!