Waterfalls along the Columbia River Gorge

Early next morning, I left Lepage Park to check out the surrounding areas. I did not plan to return to the park since there was nothing to do there, plus it would mean doubling back instead of heading west. It was rather quiet, but beautiful especially with Mt. Hood in full view from the highway. Stopped at the Dalles to check out the dam although the visitor center was not open that early in the morning.

Decided that instead of dealing with traffic and parking along the narrow roads where the waterfall trails are located, it would be better to park my RV on a secure lot and take the hop-on hop-off waterfall trolley. That turned out to be a great decision. I went to Corbett, OR where the trolley was based, parked my RV, paid $39 for a ticket and got on a waiting trolley. It was so nice to let someone else drive, listened to the driver/guide as we passed interesting features or buildings.

The trolley made ten stops, but I had time to do two hikes only. The first was Bridal Veil which was a short trail to the falls there.

The 2nd hike was Multnomah Falls which took the bulk of my time as I hiked all the way to the top of the falls. It was quite a strenuous hike, most visitors (and there were tons of them from big tour buses) just stayed at the bottom of Multnomah Falls for photos. The views from the top of the trail were amazing.

The photo below is a close up of the top/start of Multnomah Falls, amazing how small the stream was and how far down its waters fall. The 2nd photo shows the parking lot off Hwy 84 way, way down below. By the time I got down from my hike, it was very crowded with a lot of international visitors and traffic. So glad to hop back on a trolley going to Corbett after only a few minutes' wait.

I decided to drive on to Tacoma, about 3 hours west, to visit with an old family friend. I will be parking the RV overnight on her side street.