WATERFALLS (Day 12 - part 2)
Wallace Falls State Park had several trail options but I decided to do Woody Trail (named after Washington state senator Frank Woody, 1937 - 1977) to the waterfalls.
At first I wasn't too impressed, having to follow along giant power lines. But they quickly disappeared and I found myself in a beautiful forest.
The lines carry electrical power from dams along the Columbia River.
From far left to right: Mt Baring (6,125 feet), Philadelphia Mountain (4,257 ft), Mt. Index (5,979 ft) and Mt Persis (5452 ft).
Small Falls is a tributary that flows into Wallace River.
Signs along a 1/2-mile side loop trail shared the Native American story of a little cedar tree who is protected by his big grandmother cedar tree in the local Lushootseed language (in the Salish family of languages, spoken by the Skyomish and Tulelip tribes). "Try to find Little Cedar Tree in the picture, do you see him? Grandmother Tree is hiding him well from the browsing mice and mountain beaver."
Another forest dweller, a giant slug
The Wallace River only flows for a distance of 20 miles.
This where the North Fork of the Wallace River (left) meets with the Main Fork, which flows out of the Wallace Basin, a glacier-carved valley.
On my way to the Lower, Middle and Upper Falls
The cascades of Lower Falls, with the Middle Falls in the distant background
Contining up
Middle Falls (a 265 foot drop)
Going higher still
Upper Falls
Heading back down
The highway ended north of Seattle and it took me 2 1/2 hours to make my way through all the heavy traffic, down to Tacoma, where I crossed a bridge to the Kitsap Peninsula and continued back up until I reached Silverdale.
Traffic around Seattle... The Tacoma Dome is an indoor arena.
I met up with my longtime friend, Ric, and we grabbed some food and beers at Silver City Pub.
We strolled by the docks at the Silverdale Waterfront Park and then wandered about the nearby Kisap County fairgrounds.
Overlooking Dyes Inlet
A solar powered trash compactor!
The fairgrounds had buildings for larger animals, 'exotics', rabbits and other rodents, and... cats and archery? What exactly is this combo implying?
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