During our road trip along the west coast of the US back in 2013, we stopped in Portland for two days. For years I had seen the photos of the Columbia River Gorge, now I wanted to explore some of the waterfalls myself.

There's so many waterfalls in the gorge that it's hard to pick just a few. I could have easily stayed a week and it wouldn't have gotten boring.

One of the waterfalls we visited was Wahclella Falls. As we arrived around noon the sun broke through the clouds and at first I was a bit disappointed. Because harsh light usually doesn't work well with waterfalls.

But as we approached the falls I saw that for Wahclella Falls this light was perfect. The rays of the sun lit up the mist created by the mighty cascade and created this magical scene. I climbed onto a huge rock in midst of the river, which gave me the best view of the falls.

If you also want to participate in the Waterfall Wednesday do the following:

Create a post featuring a photo where a waterfall is the primary subject and share some information about it - you could also pin it to the Steemit World Map. And it doesn’t need to be a large waterfall, smaller cascades are welcome too
Only post on Wednesdays - this will require everyone’s honesty
Use the tag #waterfallwednesday
And to create some sense of community, I suggest after posting a photo, to browse through the other submissions of the day and to up-vote at least three posts you like. Also, I would only award photos posted on Wednesdays to encourage people to stick to the rules

!steemitworldmap 45.617959 lat -121.951755 long Wahclella Falls D3SCR