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Since we were going to be so close to Koosah Falls, Neil and Mandi wanted to stop there first to try out their new camera. Koosah Falls is right near the highway with just a brief walk to get down to the viewpoints.
I borrowed a few of these photos from Neil and Mandi, but I don't know which of them took the photo, so they are just marked "(N/M)". They are enjoying their new camera!
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| Danica in front of Koosah Falls. She was very impressed with the waterfall. She said she had never seen such a big waterfall. |
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| Mira in front of Koosah Falls. She didn't say whether she was impressed by the waterfall, but she liked the hike. |
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| Koosah Falls. |
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| It was long past lunchtime, so we ate our picnic near Koosah Falls before heading for the trailhead for the hike to Tamolitch Pool. Melissa organized the picnic, which was much enjoyed by everyone (including the leftovers for a quick meal after our hike before heading home). |
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| The trail ran close to the beautiful McKenzie River for much of the way. |
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| Neil HAD to walk out on this very long log to the middle of the river to take some photos! |
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| Danica borrowed Clay's walking stick for a ways on the trail, but soon got tired of using it since it was about as tall as she was. When we were nearing the end of the hike, she told me (about 5 times) how much fun she had today and how much she loved the hike. (N/M) |
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| Along the trail. (N/M) |
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| After hiking a little over 2 miles, we reached Tamolitch Pool. This is looking down on it from above. The McKenzie river flows a little downstream from Sahalie and Koosah falls area and then sinks underground where lava had pooled over the McKenzie river around 1600 years ago. The river flows underground for a couple miles and then bubbles back out from the ground into Tamolitch pool. The water then flows out of the pool and the McKenzie river starts back up again. |
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| A slightly closer view of Tamolitch Pool. We didn't get there until about 5:00 p.m. It was a beautiful turquoise color, but I'm curious about what it looks like a little earlier in the day? |
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| Zooming in even closer. I liked the reflection of the trees and sky. |
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| Zoomed in so close it looked like an abstract painting to me. |
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| Rob and Danica decided to hike over to the other side of the pool, even though there is no trail over there! They are on the cliff above the pool -- I've circled them in red to show where they are. |
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| This is a close-up of them. (N/M) |
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| They went even further around the pool so they could climb down to it. It's supposed to be icy cold, but I forgot to ask them if it was. |
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| A close-up of them at the shore. (N/M) |
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| Mira and Grandpa Clay found plenty of ways to amuse each other. (They were pretending to fall asleep on each other's shoulder -- Mira found this very amusing). |
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| A group shot after we'd finished the hike, after Neil and Mandi figured out how to use the self-timer on their camera. (N/M) If you want a more "dramatized" account of this hiking trail, check out this guy's blog entry I ran across: http://journeywithstevenmichael.blogspot.com/2009/10/tamolitch-pool-mckenzie-river.html |
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