Sharyn and I took a couple of days and drove in the Musemobile to Seven Feathers RV park. So now that we are towing the mini-musemobile we went for a drive the second day. We took the road to Tiller, Oregon from Canyonville and stopped for this picture of the South Umpqua river along the way.
We also stopped at the town of Milo for a picture at the road to the Milo Adventist Academy a boarding High School...
On the other side of this great covered bridge.
Farther along just past Tiller we stopped at the Ranger Station to ask about any short drives in the area...
... and found this great Port Orford Cedar tree...
...so I got a picture of an interesting design on the bark that reminded me of Edvard Munch's "The Scream"...
... well kinda.
The Port Orford Cedar wasn't the only tree there and the Apple tree was very productive and made me wonder how many apple pies the rangers would consume this year.
We followed the great directions and took a road to South Umpqua Falls and while they were not as high as Salt Creek Falls or Multnomah falls they were pretty spectacular considering this is the low water time of year ...
In the high water season it is a great place to Kayak. For more pictures like this follow the link to a great
Blog by Jason Rackley .
Today I did some experimenting with my polarizing filter and in this shot you can see the water flowing over the fairly level spillway in the river ...
... and in this one the flatter section just like looks damp stone.
Looking down from the falls you can see how the river narrows and I'm sure becomes a more fast moving flow of water...
In an effort to enable spawning fish to go upstream fish ladders run along the side of the river to help maintain the native fish population...
.. and the low water also allows visitors to venture onto some of the rock shelves to explore or even sunbathe.
To the right is the fish ladder and to the left the falls area...
... ans along this section I found a painted log of an old tree that on it's side was three feet tall...
... as well as some rock balancing monuments ...
... that look easy to build ...
... so I tried to do the same and only managed one three stones high before the fell.
The thing I love about Oregon's rivers at this time of year is the clarity of the water...
... and the thing I liked about this park was the beauty of the layout and especially the fence.
Quote of the Day ~ It is imperative to maintain portions of the wilderness untouched so
that a tree will rot where it falls, a waterfall will pour its curve
without generating electricity, a trumpeter swan may float on
uncontaminated water - and moderns may at least see what their ancestors
knew in their nerves and blood.
~ Bernard De Voto
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