Hidden Places

I've heard of beautiful places in nature hidden from the main stream. On labor day I had the opportunity to see one. My in-laws invited us on a hiking outing. They'd told us of this place, but I was unprepared for it's Beauty. To give you an idea of it's location . . . . we drove through a tiny tiny Oregon town, up a long winding road (called crooked finger road). After quite some time the road turned to gravel . . . then turned to rocks! No joke, we were driving over rocks. I felt like I was on a ride at the fair. It was a super narrow road. If another car came along, we had to decide to either go over the edge or drive into the wall on the other side. Finally we parked the truck. We all climbed out of the truck and started our decent down the side of the "mountain". We walked down and down and down. Over trees, through brush, around rocks, sliding down loose dirt . . . we kept going down. I kept thinking . . . . we're going to have to go back up this! We finally get to the river . . . walk along the river bank . . . over more rocks. We turn a corner and see . . . the most amazing site!!                 I believe if you click on the photo you can see it larger. To understand the size of this place . . . . my husband, 2 boys and father-in-law are in the lower right corner.