I flew to Colorado for a family reunion on July 26th, spending time in Estes Park and Denver before returning August 1st. Here are the images…
Estes Park / Rocky Mountain National Park
Denver
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Miscellaneous around Denver
Firefighters Museum
Denver Art Museum
US Mint in Denver
Images of mountain biking at Post Canyon near Hood River, Oregon- from Saturday, Aug. 22nd.
Beautiful view of Mt. Hood and the Hood River Valley
That’s me doing a downhill log ride.
Riding off a little drop and putting my knee to the test. I was pleased that it held up nicely after my 6.5 months of healing.
I didn’t do this one. I hope whoever tries this has good health insurance.
Some more ramps of doom. Someone spent a lot of time making these death traps.
One of the 4′ high ’skinnys’ people ride on.
One more mountain vista on the way home. Ahhhh.
(Here’s a video someone made of riding at Post Canyon to give an idea of what it’s like.)
Images of some waterfalls flowing near the Lewis River in Skamania county, Washington.
Curly Creek Falls
Big Creek Falls
Falls Creek Falls
Suspension bridge near Falls Creek Falls
Mount St. Helens observation point
Rush Creek Falls
Rush Creek Falls
Rush Creek Falls
Lush green plants
Unique obstacles along the hike
Getting to Rush Creek Falls was ridiculously difficult and I will never do it again. It was a 1.4 mile bushwack through dense forest. It took 2 hrs each way. It’s uncommon to have a 200ft waterfall not even shown on maps. Few people see this place and I now know why.