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Allegany, Oregon 97407

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Silver Falls was well worth the effort

Coast toothwort (aka milkmaid)

Silver Falls reaches the end

Silver Falls at the top

Silver Falls from a muddy viewpoint I scrambled up to

Silver Falls' postcard shot

The trees here are well watered

The gauzy curtain of Silver Falls

The trail parts a green sea of thimbleberry foliage

Blackberry, colored by winter's challenges

Fungi find sustenance on an old log

Had to negotiate the occasional duck-under

A fern frond or a maple leaf grave or both

Had to avail myself the opportunity to photograph wild ginger flowers

Silver Creek tumbles at the bottom of its canyon

Always graceful, trillium added an element of stately beauty to the proceedings

The trail was flanked here by thimbleberry bushes

Oregon bleeding heart flowers at the tail end of their season

Silver Falls at first glance

California mistmaidens thrived in the perpetual mist emanating from Silver Falls

Splash basin of Silver Falls

I scrambled over some wet and slippery rocks to get this shot

Silver Creek plunges over a cliff, creating Silver Falls

One small piece of Silver Falls

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