Day 33 (Tuesday, July 27th) Multnomah Falls

Today we drove up to the Mt. St. Helens area but only after driving a short distance to see Multnomah Falls. We discovered that we were only about 20 minutes from the falls and since it's a short drive day, we didn't need to leave until later in the morning. Multnomaah Falls is the second tallest continuously running water fall in the United States.

The boys were very impressed with the falls and how high they were. John and the boys even made the hike up to the top (about 700 feet above the parking lot on a 1.25 mile trail). Tyler was so excited that they jogged up the first half of the trail. There's a platform at the top that lets you look over the falls and the views of the Columbia River gourge were fabulous. The boys thought it was so cool that the water falls so far that it turns to spray in the air even before it hits the rocks.