{"id":145,"date":"2011-01-24T18:19:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T02:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/?p=145"},"modified":"2011-01-24T18:19:39","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T02:19:39","slug":"snoqualmie-falls-viewpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/?p=145","title":{"rendered":"Snoqualmie Falls Viewpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yet again, Mother Nature delivered a fabulously sunny day for hiking.\u00c2\u00a0 And yet again, I took advantage of it.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to head for the Snoqualmie Falls Viewpoint at the end of the Preston-Snoqalmie Rail-Trail.\u00c2\u00a0 This there-and-back hike was about 3.6 miles, according to my handy dandy guidebook.\u00c2\u00a0 I also had heard a lot of mention about the falls, but as yet had seen no photos.\u00c2\u00a0 I was curious about all the hoopla.<\/p>\n<p>Because it is on a rail-trail, it is a relatively flat, easy hike.\u00c2\u00a0 A nice walk through the woods with the sound of water trickling down to the river far below.\u00c2\u00a0 I could peek through the trees every now and then to glimpse the river, but it&#8217;s definitely not the focus of this trail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_4901_clr_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-146\" title=\"IMG_4901_clr_sm\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_4901_clr_sm-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_4901_clr_sm-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_4901_clr_sm.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I was completely blown away by the size of the falls!\u00c2\u00a0 This thing is much bigger than I expected.\u00c2\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know what I expected exactly, but probably something along the size of <a title=\"Tangled Strands Blog - Multnomah Falls\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/?p=42\" target=\"_blank\">Multnomah Falls<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh no!\u00c2\u00a0 Consulting the guidebook, it turns out to be 100 feet higher than Niagara, but of course not nearly as wide.\u00c2\u00a0 Even so, it&#8217;s not a trickle of water over the edge either &#8211; not knocking Multnomah, of course.\u00c2\u00a0 I wish that cameras could capture the image my eyes saw.\u00c2\u00a0 This pic just doesn&#8217;t quite get there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_4916_clr_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-147\" title=\"IMG_4916_clr_sm\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_4916_clr_sm-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_4916_clr_sm-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_4916_clr_sm.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We had some flooding rains in the days before my hike and the Snoqualmie River was just returning to below flood stage.<\/p>\n<p>The viewpoint is across the valley from the falls, so all I could see was the topmost part of it.\u00c2\u00a0 When I was walking out, I stopped to chat with a very friendly and helpful Parks and Recreation employee.\u00c2\u00a0 She gave me a <a title=\"King County Parks and Recreation Maps\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kingcounty.gov\/operations\/GIS\/Maps\/VMC\/Recreation.aspx#6366BDAC031C4B179A0225581D55A339\" target=\"_blank\">map<\/a> of all of the interconnected trails in the Seattle area and pointed out another trail for a different view of the falls.\u00c2\u00a0 I have plans to visit that one as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yet again, Mother Nature delivered a fabulously sunny day for hiking.\u00c2\u00a0 And yet again, I took advantage of it. 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