This past Mothers Day we did a tour of several waterfalls along the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. In total we did three hikes back to back along I-84 between Portland and Hood River.

We did the Elk Flats Trail all the way to Short Sand Beach, with a pitstop at the Devil’s Cauldron on the way. After the hike we headed north to Cannon beach for a well deserved lunch and nap on the beach!

I had the pleasure of visiting the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival at peak bloom last week. It was a beautiful, sunny Tuesday morning, and not many people were there. I took the opportunity to just walk along the rows taking in the nice weather too!

Last week I took a trip to the Portland Japanese Garden in hopes of finding some great Cherry Blossom blooms. Unfortunately I think I was a little early to the game for peak blossoming but the other flowers were just starting to bloom, too!

Our first hike of 2021 started off nice and easy with a two-mile out and back hike to see Wahclella Falls! We started out early in the morning, giving me these moody, cool-toned photos of the falls.