Finally, we have rain. Very windy Saturday, I didn't go anywhere. Two of my co-workers were running the 198 mile
Hood to Coast Relay with a bunch of students half of their age. Their team of 12 finished in 30 hours - an admirable number, and also about the median. They started around noon Friday. The fastest is from Nike (one of its many teams) who finished in
18h19'40", an unbelievable feat. That's nearly 12mph, in spite of the gust of wind, broken trigs and rain. The closing party at the beach had to be hastily rearranged to town, so not much of a flair.
2015/8/30, Sunday. Rain. About a dozen amateur photographers and fake like me hiked along
Siouxon Creek. Lots of camp sites along the creek. Water is low, so waterfalls are small. Siouxon Falls is about 2 miles in. Quite nice.
There an over-kill bridge at Horseshoe Falls. A bit disappointing compared to when I saw it last year. We encountered a group of kids at the bridge, one of them is carrying 4 1-gallon water jars. There's a short trail to the left further along the trail to go down to the bottom of the falls for a better look. There, a nice camp site facing the lower half of the falls.
Continue for another mile or so, without crossing another over-kill bridge, is the 14 Mile Falls. It's pretty low. The bridge itself straddles a small gorge, a good point where all my fellow hikers turned around (if not earlier).
Cross the bridge, passing the little island full of camping remnants, 0.25 miles further is Chinook Falls. To get a better view of the falls or get closer, you have to wade water in a normal year. This year, I was able to get pretty close without taking off my shoes.
2015/8/30, Sunday. Rain. About a dozen amateur photographers and fake like me hiked along Siouxon Creek. Lots of camp sites along the creek. Water is low, so waterfalls are small. Siouxon Falls is about 2 miles in. Quite nice.
There an over-kill bridge at Horseshoe Falls. A bit disappointing compared to when I saw it last year. We encountered a group of kids at the bridge, one of them is carrying 4 1-gallon water jars. There's a short trail to the left further along the trail to go down to the bottom of the falls for a better look. There, a nice camp site facing the lower half of the falls. 
Continue for another mile or so, without crossing another over-kill bridge, is the 14 Mile Falls. It's pretty low. The bridge itself straddles a small gorge, a good point where all my fellow hikers turned around (if not earlier).
Cross the bridge, passing the little island full of camping remnants, 0.25 miles further is Chinook Falls. To get a better view of the falls or get closer, you have to wade water in a normal year. This year, I was able to get pretty close without taking off my shoes.
