Sebastian’s Quiver

I know what you’re thinking: “Man, I can’t believe Shawn and Juliann haven’t gone on a hike in, like, forEVER!”  Well, rest assured that we went on a hike last weekend to the Columbia River Gorge.  We wanted someplace pretty close that was only 3 miles or so, so we chose the Latourell Falls, only 18 miles outside Portland, which means that it was about a 30 minute drive from house to parking lot.  It was a beautiful, sunny day here in Portland, so we expected a lot of people, but it really wasn’t too bad.  There were people milling about the parking area taking in the site of the lower falls, but there weren’t too many hikers on the trail that we saw (we actually only saw one couple with their dog, and that was because they were hiking the trail in reverse direction).  This was the first hike with the Ergo Carrier, and I started off with it for the uphill portion of the hike.  While adding 20 pounds or so to my hiking weight was a bit of a change at first, it really wasn’t that bad.  The weight was distributed well on my back along my hips, so it wasn’t much of a problem hiking with him.

So, without further ado, here are a few photos from our hike.  Check out the photoblog for more photos.

Weird tree at a weird angle:

The upper falls:

Sebastian and I at the upper falls:

Weird tree #2: