Monday, July 27, 2015
Leaving Crater Lake was hard. I wanted to spend more time exploring the trails that criss cross around the volcano. But I had to press on. I was heading for Lyons, Oregon and some friends. Along the way I started to see the familiar brown signs along the roadway calling out forests and historical markers, but also a bunch of waterfalls.
I had met someone in Medford that mentioned a few of the falls that I would see on my way out of the park and low and behold I was a half mile from the turn off to the first one. I had Clearwater Falls all to myself. There were no other cars in the gravel parking lot that was the trailhead and picnic area near the falls. I hopped out of the car and went on a short stroll across fallen trees and the water that flows down the mountain.
Clearwater Falls in the Umpqua National Forest in Oregon on Monday, July 27, 2015.
Clearwater Falls in the Umpqua National Forest in Oregon on Monday, July 27, 2015.
Clearwater Falls in the Umpqua National Forest in Oregon on Monday, July 27, 2015.
Clearwater Falls in the Umpqua National Forest in Oregon on Monday, July 27, 2015.
Clearwater Falls in the Umpqua National Forest in Oregon on Monday, July 27, 2015.