It wasn’t too long ago that I did this hike but with Val, we wanted to get out and do a nice hike with Carole and Mark. This was the perfect fit in both distance and elevation for what we were looking for. Besides, weather was looking pretty nice considering it being the middle of the winter. We were lucky to have a crisp blue sky day which offered great views of the Columbia Gorge. The only thing was that it was quite windy that day. Temperature was descent but as we discovered during the hike, the wind chill factor was probably below freezing. The hike itself was beautiful as expected even though we didn’t have a lot of chances to stay at the several viewpoints. With the wind it almost seems you’d fly away and land somewhere in the Columbia. The highlight of the hike came when we passed over the top of Cape Horn Falls. With the cold wind picking up moisture from the river and the waterfall, all the surrounding bushes were completely frozen. It was a very nice spectacle of shiny glass that we took our time admiring. It was a beautiful hike as always
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