Hiking the Falls

It's another of our date weekends. We decided to embark on summer hikes and this was our first! We drove out to Silver Falls State Park, about 25 miles from Salem. The weather was picture perfect: blue sky, sunshine, and temps in the low 70's. We couldn't have asked for a better day!

These are the South Falls; you can actually walk behind them. Mind you, it's a little damp and misty but what a view! The roar of the water and coolness were such a treat. If you look closely, you can see people walking behind the falls.

On our drive in, we saw this field of red blooms. It was quite the sight! Not sure what the flowers were but it was so pretty.
Here's a close-up - anyone know the flower?

We then hiked to the lower South Falls, which are smaller in size (only a 93 fool fall!) but still majestic. Greg is looking mighty fine here!
The view at the entrance/exit of the falls. It's such a pretty area; if I weren't so partial to the ocean, I'd live here!

Here we are on the return from the falls; the entire hike around the sets of falls (there are 10) takes you for a hike of 8 miles. We are looking forward to doing the entire loop soon!

Of course, when it was all done, we had to stop at Greg's favorite ice cream shop! It was quite refreshing!
Can you guess: his or hers? We really are enjoying these weekends! It's so much fun to spend this time together and it's great fun to plan the weekends! Not sure what's in store for June....that's Greg's month.....stay tuned!