#waterfalls
Saint Mary Magdalene in the Wilderness
Frans de Neve (Flemish; 1606–after 1688)
Oil on canvas
Christie’s, London
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Toketee Falls
Central Oregon, October 2018
Another little adventure to central Oregon for my best friends birthday!
© Michelle Gefre | Trail the Sun
*DO NOT REMOVE CREDIT*
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Last weekend we went to Glen Onoko Falls in Pennsylvania. Tahoe had his first sip of cold mountain water and took his first breath of fresh mountain air, a very important moment for an adventure dog. We had lunch together next to the waterfalls, he munched on his dog food and I had my peanut butter banana sandwich. We scrambled rocks, hopped across streams, howled at the trees and enjoyed the sounds and sights of the waterfalls together. Mans best friend. Although it was a shorter hike, it was refreshing to be in the woods again. This upcoming weekend Jess Tahoe and I with a few friends will be taking a camping trip to upstate New York. Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring.
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Meet Tahoe, our new puppy and adventure buddy. We have brought him camping three times over the last month and a half and he seems to love it. Runs ahead of us on the trail and stops and waits until we are in sight again, hangs by the fire at night and loves to be outside. A likely candidate for our team. The past few weekends, we have checked out Bass River State Park, NJ - Allaire State Park, NJ and Dingmans Ferry, PA.
Fire, friends, waterfalls, hiking, warm bourbon cider, lakes, autumn leaves, our new friend Tahoe, s'mores, surfing, the ocean and the crisp fall air. It has been a great Fall thus far.
This week we are going to drive the truck on the beach at Island Beach State Park in NJ - surf, grill food, hang with friends, have a fire and let Tahoe have a all day cooled down beach experience.
Cheers to adventure and new friends!
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Oregon was one of the states that we were really looking forward to. We pulled up to our campground around dusk after a scenic ride through beautiful winding mountain roads coming from Lake Tahoe. Our campsite was nestled right next to Diamond Lake. We set up camp and cooked our first meal as the sun was setting over the gigantic snow capped mountain that lives across the clear blue lake. Our neighbors informed us that we just missed a hailstorm and the temperature would be a record low that night, dropping below 40. We broke out our wool blanket and heavy socks in preparation for the chilly mountain air.
The following morning we woke up in clouds of heavy fog. Being the optimistic people that we are we headed to Crater Lake. Needless to say we couldn’t see five feet in front of us, let alone the beautiful unbelievably blue lake. So we headed north for some waterfalls and of course we weren’t disappointed. The green of Oregon’s forests with raging blue clean water is an unmatchable combo. Umpqua National Forest was a great area to explore. With four waterfalls and hot springs all within a 20 mile stretch it wasn’t hard to fill our entire day in the lush green forest.
The next day we headed to Crater Lake. Instead of writing about our experience at this incredible lake, I’d like to tell our personal favorite story of how the Lake came to be. We came across this story while reading “Your Guide to the National Parks.”
Mount Mazama had a cataclysmic eruption about 8,000 years ago. This cataclysmic eruption caused the mountain to collapse into itself forming a massive caldera.
The Makala Indians tell the story of an epic battle between Llao, Chief of the Below World and Skell, Chief of the Above World. Llao on one of his visits to Mount Mazama fell in love with one of the villagers. Llao promised the pretty young villager enteral life if she would come and live with him below Mount Mazama. The girl refused Llao’s offer which enraged the Chief of the Below World. Llao took his rage out on the village and started to destroy everything in sight. Skell, Chief of the Above World, seeing this from standing atop Mount Shasta decided to help the villagers. The epic battle between Llao and Skell ended in fiery destruction. Skell finally drove Llao back into the underworld through Mount Mazama where the battle took place all night. The next morning Mount Mazama was gone and all that was left was a gigantic gaping hole to the underworld. The following months after the epic battle was filled with torrential downpour which filled the void and created Crater Lake.
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South Falls, Silver Falls.
“Hill. Yes, that was it. But it is a hasty word for a thing that has stood here ever since this part of the world was shaped.”
TreebeardJ.R.R. Tolkien, Treebeard, The Two Towers
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Cebu has been blessed with a number of brimming waterfalls and one of them is Cambais Falls. It looks intimate and invites a gleeful exploration instead of a fearful awe. And exploration is what you need to do as you need to climb wet stones and a ladder to explore this falls.
— Cambais Falls Alegria, Cebu.
Words by: Caroline Garces Photograph by Led Danganan
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