After surfing around for someplace to visit today, I settled on finding a place called Panther Creek Falls.
Getting there required crossing over the Columbia River on the Bridge of the gods.
The bridge also serves as the Pacific Crest Trails route over the Columbia and not surprisingly is the lowest point on the trail.
Not sure what it is about bridges that fascinate me but they do!
Following the notorious Honda GPS I have traversed several miles of luxury gravel already and then it want me to make a left turn here. At the top of that rise, a cat has barred it off so I had to continue on.
I actually rode past my destination by a few miles as there is absolutely zero signage.
No signage at the trail-head either. Looks pretty steep.
It was well groomed
Shortcuts not allowed
The falls were great, but the view from the bottom would be much better.
However it probably wouldn’t be worth having three heart attacks and an ride on air life out of there.
No hurry to get home and the bike was already dirty so I found some more luxury gravel. I think I might see bigfoot in this picture, do you?
Bonneville Dam taming the mighty Columbia
All the exits to road side vistas seem to be closed these days.
Not near as nice when taken at 70 mph
Multnomah Falls (sort of)
I tried to get a shot of the lookout which is also closed due to Covid. Of ten tries or so this is the only picture I got of it. It’s in the very bottom right of the pic.
Rooster Rock, place of many a lovers leap (or gentle nudge)
A sign I’ve ridden past many times but never stopped to read. Very Interesting!
I’m just guessing that it is 70 to 90 river miles inland from the Pacific
Last shot (today) of the mighty Columbia