Our Hike to Drift Creek Falls
We got up early and went to the Pirate Coffee Company in Depoe Bay, Oregon, to get some yummy coffee before driving out to the trailhead for a hike on a crisp March morning . It was my husband's birthday, (pictured below) and he got to choose what we would do. He chose to hike to Drift Creek Falls, in the Siuslaw National Forest. We knew from researching this location that it gets busy with people, so we got up early to hopefully avoid the crowds. We were the first ones there, as you can see from the picture below. Hooray! It should be a nice quiet time out in nature, my favorite! There are pit toilets at the parking lot. With the coffee we had consumed on our drive to the trailhead, I was especially delighted to see them, even though they are not my favorite type of toilet to use. I just love the sights, sounds and smells of a forest. This one was no different, although there was a lack of bird noises on this day.
And, of course, I had to take one of the birthday boy on the bridge, too! :) Below, is one of the photos of the falls, that I took from the bridge. I had to wait at times, since there was a bit of wind, on and off, and I wanted to take a longer exposure to smooth out the water of the falls and it was shaking the bridge at times. The overcast weather made it easier to expose the images I took today.
When I was taking the image below, there were people just around the rocks to the right of the creek, but I had gone down lower and managed to exclude them.
The parting shot (below) was as we were driving out of the mountains and these elk were too tempting. I just had to take one last image; from the car this time.
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