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Back to Cascade Falls

On our previous trip to Orcas, we took in Cascades Falls as part of a hike.  We repeated the hike this time but, since we started a little earlier in the day and the days were longer, we didn’t have quite the same pressure to make sure we got back before things got dark.  Consequently, when we got to Cascade Falls, I was able to spend a bit more time taking the diversion down to the river to see the falls from lower angles and get some images and video that I hadn’t had a go at on the previous visit.  While everything was a lot warmer than last time, there had been a fair bit of rain recently which meant the falls still had a good flow coming over them.  As is the way with waterfalls, they look more impressive when you are at the bottom than when you are above them.

Cascade Falls

Back to our trip to Orcas Island and our hike around Cascades Lake included a diversion to Cascade Falls.  (See a naming theme here?). I had seen something about these falls online which had led me to think that they weren’t terribly large.  I was, therefore, rather surprised to find out that this was a decent drop.  We came in from the top of the falls so were looking down on them from above.  The trail continues along the river and so we got to take a look at them from lower down as we continued on.  They was a side trail that would take you right down to the water but we had a fair bit of walking to do before it got too dark so I avoided the diversion this time.