Hiking Tumalo Falls, part 3: Double Falls

Oregon Cascades Travelog #8
Bend, OR - Wed, 2 Jul 2025, 11:30am

I posted two blogs already about hiking Tumalo Falls and all I've shared is... Tumalo Falls (see part 1, part 2). Well, okay, not just the falls but also a bit about the art and science of photography. But, hey, there's still hiking to be done here. In beauty I walk, and all of that.



The trail continues past Tumalo Falls up a pretty stream canyon. Maybe a mile or so in it reaches Double Falls. These aren't as awe-inspiring as Tumalo Falls but definitely worth the extra hike.



I'm sharing here two pictures, one I took with each of the cameras I'm carrying. I won't explain this time what the differences are.... I leave that to you for homework. It'll be easy if you've actually read my past two blogs and not just looked at the pictures. (Extra credit for identifying where that quip comes from, BTW. 🤣)

At 2 miles this isn't a huge hike. It's certainly not our plan for the day. It's actually just our plan for before lunch. We'll hike back down and drive back into town for some eats, then drive up over the crest of the Cascades for more hikes this afternoon.

Busy, Busy at Work

I'm glad that we got back from our trip to Oregon a bit after 5pm on Sunday. Having a few hours to unpack and wind down on Sunday evening has made it easier to hit the ground running at work this week. And running is what I've been doing. I mean, not literally running; I have a desk job! But running from one meeting to the next. My calendar has been booked solid with meetings and assorted work tasks the first three days this week.

It's customary at each meeting as the first few of us join to ask one another, "How are things going?" We Americans know this is a generic greeting, a perfunctory statement of positive intent. The expected answer is an equally perfunctory, "Fine, thanks, and you?" It is absolutely not an actual question to which an actual, detail answer is expected. This cultural norm is mildly annoying  to people from other English-speaking cultures and absolutely bewildering to people from outside the Anglosphere.

Well, I've started to surprise my fellow Americans by answering "How are you doing?" and "How are things going?" with "Busy, busy!" It's a simple and true statement. And it's amusing how many people are gobsmacked by my not-"fine" response.