The magical MISTery tour

 Ash and I had a rare day off together last week and made the most of it by going to Crown Point and Vista House, doing a 2 mile hike to Wachlella Falls, and doing some quick stops at four other falls along the road.
The theme for this day was MIST! Everywhere we went it covered us in a moist blanket. It figures that the day before and the day after were sunny, but no such luck for us this day. Not deterred though, we still enjoyed the beauty and power of the falls as well as the spectacular views from Crown point:

Above- semi panorama from crown point across the gorge.

You may be wondering what the Crown Point is.. from Wikipedia- "A promontory on the columbia river gorge and an associated state park in Oregon. Crown Point is one of the scenic lookouts along the Historic Columbia River Scenic Highway providing a panoramic view of part of the Columbia River. It stands 733 feet above the river and is remains of a lava flow that filled the Columbia River channel 14 million years ago."

The Vista House- "Built in 1916 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. With its marble interior and brass fixtures, some Oregonians at the time derided it as "The $100,000 Outhouse".
 Today is is the home of a small museum and gallery of the columbia gorge, coffee shop, and gift store. It still fulfills is duty as a fancy marble covered restroom location and has an observatory deck that was not open when we went.The building appears quite small from the outside due to most of it being underground.


There are plenty of pictures of our waterfall adventures that day: CLICK HERE FOR PICS!