Fish and visitors stink after three days

That's what Tom's buddy Glauser told me when he arrived in June, quoting our old inventor friend, Ben Franklin. Actually, Chris was a delightful guest and it was a lot of fun having him around. While he was visiting, we did one of our favorite hikes—the Falls Creek Falls Trail, which is located about an hour north of Hood River in Washington. It has to be one of the most spectacular falls in the Pacific Northwest.

Carley, complete with pink water bottle.

Hiking Falls Creek is one of the most fun ways to spend a rainy day. So, Chris, Tom, Carley and I donned our rain gear and hello kitty knee-highs and hit the trail. :)

Little arm rest.

After about 2 miles, you reach the lowest of triple falls on Falls Creek. The moss here is amazing. From this point, we scrambled up to the second and finally the third waterfall to an amazing view at the top. The trail involves climbing with hands and feet, using strong tree roots as holds. It's fun!


At the top of the third falls, there is a really awesome campsite that sits right on the edge and looks down into the gorge. From here, we hiked out to the trail, which at this location doubles as a hiking and super-awesome mountain biking trail. This part of the trail will always remind me of the fateful "bike walk" earlier this season when we tried to ride the 20+ mile Falls Creek Trail too early and ended up pushing the bikes for 7 hours in the snow. Read the whole awful truth.


No trip would be complete without multiple Floaty adventures. I was the shuttle while Tom and Chris gave our snazzy pontoon boat its first taste of whitewater on the Klickitat River in WA.


Tom gives Chris a little pre-river schpeel.

And they're off!

Of course, a few moments after shoving off, the sun went in and the wind starting kicking. I hopped in TruckTruck and hit the road. See you sirs on the other side! :)