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By the time we finished our fourth waterfall hike of the day, the towering Watson Falls, last Monday Hawk and I were feeling pretty tired. And I still had two more hike-y falls to go on my list! 😰 It was obvious that we'd need to swap in some mostly drive-to falls or risk having to call it a day already. Fortunately, I found two drive-to falls nearby thanks to a reminder from two fellow hikers who'd done every trail we had so far today. The first of these was Whitehorse Falls.

Whitehorse Falls, Umpqua National Forest (Jul 2023)

Whitehorse Falls isn't technically drive-to in the sense of being able to see it from inside a car. You have to park, get out, and walk maybe 50 meters to a viewing platform above the falls. There's also an obvious trail down to the water's edge. I made some picture from up above then checked the vantage from water's edge (shown above) and found I liked it better.

While I was still good for short jaunts like this, Hawk said she was basically done-done for the day. She didn't join me in scrambling down to the water. I suggested we take the remaining hikes one-at-a-time, easiest ones first, and see what we could handle. I had serious doubts I'd get through my whole list at that point.

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