Narada Falls and Christine Falls

After our hike at Paradise at Mt Rainier National Park, we stopped to see Narada Falls and Christine Falls. The trail to Narada Falls was very ice, so we wore our microspikes. 0.2 miles round trip with 100 ft of loss then gain. There was a rainbow at the bottom of the falls

From the pullout at Christine Falls, it is a very short walk along the road to see the Upper Falls and a short trail to see the lower falls

Scenic Beach State Park

We drove to the day use area of Scenic Beach State Park, on the west side of Hood Canal south of Seabeck, and walked the short 0.1 mile trail down to the beach for the beautiful views. We did the very short walk along the beach and then did a short walk above the beach viewing an old cabin and a historic home, overall 0.5 miles. Views at the beach

To the north is the Bolton Peninsula dividing Quilcene Bay from Hood Canal

zoom of Mt Constance

zoom of Mt Jupiter

zoom of the Brothers

zoom of Mt Washington and Mt Pershing

Madison Creek Falls

WE drove to the current end of Olympic Hot Springs Road in Olympic National Park to walk to Madison Creek Falls (0.2 miles round trip), while we were there we also walked down the closed road for abou 0.4 miles to view the Elwha River further upstream.

Views of the Elwah River from the parking area

Elwha River further upstream

Flowers seen along the trail

Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

We stopped at the Visitor Center at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument this afternoon and walked around the loop behind the Visitor Center, about 0.2 miles, These are some of the cacti, an ocotillo in bloom and views of the mountains to the east.

Tree of Life/Kalaloch Beach

From Beach 4, I drove down to the day use area in the Campground at Kalalock in Olympic National Park, to see the "Tree of Life" . The ground beneath the tree has been eroding away and the tree clings to the beach cliffs on either side

Views underneath the tree

View across Kalaloch Beach to the Pacific Ocean at low tide

 

Madison Falls

I stopped to see 4 waterfalls in the north Olympic Peninsula this afternoon, the first was to Madison Creek Falls in the Elwha River Valley. This was about 0.25 miles round trip, depending on where you park. The trail is paved and through the woods.

Madison Creek falls is 75 ft

Views of the Elwha River across the road from the parking area

There were a few wildflowers in bloom today:

 

 

Beaver Falls

On my drive home from the Makah Reservation today, I stopped at Beaver Falls, about 2 miles north of Highway 101 on Highway 113. It is about 0.1 mile down to see the waterfall. View from along the trail

View of Beaver Falls as seen along Beaver Creek

 

Christine and Narada Falls

On a cool foggy day, we decided to do some very short hikes at Mt Rainier National Park. First, we did a roadside stop to view Christine Falls, and did the short 0.2 mile round trip hike to Narada Falls.

View of Upper Christine Falls

Lower Christine Falls

View of the Paradise River on our way to the Narada Falls trailhead

Narada Falls

 

First Beach

We stayed in a cabin for 3 nights in the Quileute Indian Reservation on First Beach. It was easy to walk from our cabin to the beach. To the south is Quateata (never safe to try to walk around on the shore side) and James Island to the north.

We had some nice sunsets

and a pretty dawn after a night of hail and rain.













Lots of seagulls