Yeah, it being situated right in the middle of the U really lets you see it all, and the road accentuates the contours so well.

It looks so fun, but not in my rear wheel drive only Transit haha… Definitely not a place you want to pull the try and see approach.

So much of the landscape out there has the appearance of being sculpted out of clay which, in a way, it really was.

It is definitely a fitting name for the arch!

Thanks, that’s very kind!

Yeah, it does seem to have some directional elements among all the noise.

Oh wow, always thought that claw was a sixth one. I knew about pandas having the pseudo-thumb that evolved from their wrist but could never figure out how they didn’t have seven if other bears already had six. I guess that’s how haha. Thanks for the info!

Thanks for that, was super informative. I always have enough wonder with a third of the country being a massive inland sea, adding that a large inlet of hyper saline is would domino effect to all these arches is just wild.

Haha, dual (hiking) boots

It doesn’t seem to be all that well advertised for such a massive waterfall; although I guess since the town is named Twin Falls that’s all the advertising you really need.

Oh wow, I wasn’t aware of that. 1,000 goats at one point is a crazy number for up there and must’ve been really damaging.

That’s true, I forgot about the hill leading up to it. Although, and I may be mistaken, I believe that they offer a shuttle for people with disabilities that will go around the hill and drop you off at the top.

Haven’t been to that one, but I’m always a fan. Portland also has a Chinese garden that is pretty nice closer to the waterfront, but is smaller. Has a great tea house.

Haha, I wasn’t aware you could see them there, that’s awesome… I remember the first time I saw a sign warning about the pee-mad mountain goats while hiking the Heart Lake Trail in the sawtooth mountains of Idaho.

It isn’t a term used to describe them, was a total brain fart on my end. Meant to say side by side.

One good thing about a lot of waterfalls is some of the best one’s provide pretty easy access for people with mobility issues. They will often times have paved paths of 1/4 mile or less from the parking area. If you’re in the us or canada, let me know your region and I may have a few ideas for places they could enjoy.

I meant that it was two outflows side by side. Edited.

The diversity of terrains out west is just unreal, and anything near volcanic sites just completely throws you for a loop when you see it… One really good spot to see some otherworldly terrain is Craters of the Moon National Monument out in Idaho. It’s all on top of a bunch of lava tubes and flows; was where the original moon mission trained to get used to the terrain. It’s kind of in the middle of nowhere though, I usually hit it up going from Oregon to the Grand Tetons as its not too far of a detour. At some point I’ll have some posts on the trails there, I’d post a preview now but I’m kind of going through all of my photos as I go along.

It’s crazy how different the two seem, especially since this one has more time since it happened. I’d imagine it’s a combination of the more arid environment and the crazy high winds they get out here.

I’ll probably be doing a little bit of jumping around as I switch between 2023 and 2024 (and probably some older ones as well) as I think I’m going to go through all of the fall/winter photos before looping around to spring/summer hikes after that as its more seasonally relevant for now. It’ll still be kind of grouped together though so its not just back and forth everyday.

Yeah, it’s a great quick stop like 100 yards off 101, picnic tables at the small park as well and no park pass required.