Multnomah Falls

Sunday was a good day out...I was dying to go out.. evn though i did not have company and would have to do my explorations on my own...Homesickness was kicking in big time, and luckily I found out about this Falls.. I set out at about 9:00 or so in the morning..and reached the Falls in quick time..in just about an hour.. and i lost me way only once...
The drive was really scenic..There was greenery al around and it was drizzling too.. This added to the beauty of the whole place...The highway was designed to take you right next to the Hood river too... The actual falls is in two steps.. the water lands on a platform and travels for about 50 feet or so and then cascades again..It was a awesome sight... decided to trek to the top of the falls.. it was a pretty steep trek and i guess it was in excess of a mile.. I thought i would need a few breaks.. but was happy to find myself able to take on the terrain.. Not in as bad shape as i thought i'll beThe view from the top of the mountain was really fabulous.. on the way down i saw this couple who had got their 2 dogs along..and the wife was having an anxiety attack..she apparently had this fear of heights.and after going half the distance she lost it.. she totally freaked out..and hardly anybody stopped to help them..they all just assumed she was nuts i guess.
So being the good samartian i offered to help.. the husband was controlling both the dogs. so i offered to accompany the lady to the base of the falls and he could go up the trail and return back soon..The lady was totally freaked out in the beginning..but i managed to talk to her and calm her down.. she did make an immense effort to not feel scared and we managed to reach the bottom after some gruelling time.. And in return i did get more info about the place and about some other places i might be able to check out next weekend.
So. finished with my good deed for the day, it was time for lunch at the restaurant situated the base of the falls.. It was expensive but totally worth it...After lunch i headed to the mountains where i was supposed to find the river Hood..and there was also a scenic highway of about 100 miles that i wanted to drive through.. but sadly the weather got worse.and the rain that was expected here started coming in pretty hard.. This made driving very difficult and i HAD to come back..even though i had some more places n my agenda..guess i can try going there again next weekend
All said and done.. my happiest moment is going to be when i get on that plane 13 days from now...