Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
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Secrets of the Green River Gorge
Yesterday while the weather was dry, we went to explore the Green River, taking the short but steep and hidden trail, down into the gorge.
The river beckoned through the trees,
and we stopped to enjoy its beautiful color and turbulent flowing water.
And then I noticed the American flag flying from the boulders in the middle, and found it odd, don’t you?
After our stop, we headed back and intersected another trail that led us to a cliff, with the best views of the waterfalls on the other side.
Notice the stairs over the falls. Does it seem odd to you? It might have to me if I hadn’t seen them before.
In fact, I took those rickety stairs down to the bottom of the gorge, one summer day a couple years ago.
The views below were fabulous,
and we saw young people swimming under the falls. (Look closely and you may see them.)
We didn’t swim, but we did walk on the smooth boulders, enjoying the peace and tranquility of the river.
A friend of mine told me she jumped off that very cliff where I stood yesterday, into the river, back in the lazy summer days of her youth.
Perhaps braver than I would have been, but I’ll never really know. I’m not going to start now.
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~ Susanne
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A beautiful area! Loved the photos – especially the view of the river through the trees…
Thanks so much! It’s such a beautiful area and not far away! 🙂
Wow, such an amazing and beautiful place! ❤️
It truly is a special place!
the colour of the water is amazing, like you though not sure I’d ever been brave enough to jump in!
It sure looked like fun swimming in the pools under the waterfall, but I think I’d just take the stairs down not the high dive!
😀
No jumping off cliffs for me, but like you, I would enjoy those views.
The flag in the boulders is strange, I agree. But Americans do seem to have something of a fetish for flags.
Best wishes, Pete.
It would have been fun to swim under the waterfalls, but I think I’d have taken the stairs for that, not the high dive! As far as the flag goes, it just seemed so odd to find it in the river!
What a beautiful place for a walk! I can almost hear the sounds of the river and the falls as I look at your shots 🙂
Yes, it’s a beautiful and interesting area! And there’s a ghost town – Franklin – you can walk to from the same parking area.
Ooh, I love a ghost town – always so many photo opps!
I’d like to go back again. But here’s a post I did on it a while ago. https://catsandtrailsandgardentales.com/2020/05/21/a-walk-to-franklin-ghost-town/
Thanks for the link 🙂
Gorgeous gorge
Thank you. It really is, and pretty much unknown unless you live around here.
Love this tour! Sharing!
Thanks John! Glad you enjoyed it!
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These pictures are beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much! 😊
I would love to be able to wander around places like this but unfortunately nature isn’t always great for my wheels. Enjoy looking at your photos though!
So glad you enjoyed it! The Green River Gorge is definitely not very accessible. But there are nearby parks on the river that are. In case you’re ever in the neighborhood! 😊
Reminds me of some of my old haunts out West. Lovely blue colors!
Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
I had no realized that the Green River was actually that luscious color. As you know, I had only associated it with that murderer. A terrible burden to place on a lovely stretch of water.
Yes, it’s a bummer that the name brings to mind a mass murderer! I worked for King County Police during the period when they were trying to find the killer. This beautiful section of the river is much closer to its source in the mountains, not where some of the earliest victims were found. The Green River is gorgeous, and we often visit the parks nearby, including the Gorge.
I didn’t know that about your job. I am glad you have reclaimed your associations with the blameless river.
It was my first job out of college as an accountant, and my office was next door to the ‘bullpen’ where the detectives sat. They’d just formed the Task Force. I lived in North Seattle at the time so really didn’t know where the Green River was. Now that I live south of Seattle, I visit the beautiful river frequently! And yes, a new association has been formed!
Thank goodness.
Your beautiful places and photos always brighten my day! Thank you!
I’m so glad!! 😍
These pictures make me feel at peace just by looking at them! The placement of the steps is quite odd but I can’t even imagine how marvellous the view from there would be
Thanks for your comment! The Green River is so beautiful, and the Gorge is something special. The stairs do look odd, don’t they? But they did come in handy for getting to the bottom during the summer. 🙂
Oh wow, that rickety staircase looks like something Panda would run down and be lost by the time Foster caught up with him!😂🤣I know I would be too scared to dive into the water, and probably to climb down the stairs too!
The stairs could certainly use some renovation! But I’m glad I took them down as it was really cool in the Gorge! Diving off the cliff is a bit beyond me though!
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Thank you for sharing these lovely pictures.
Thanks so much. I’m glad you enjoyed them! 😊
Such beautiful forest and watery scenes! Those colours are so calming together.
Thank you so much! The Green River Gorge is a special place! 🙂
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