Bridal Veil Falls and Robin

Aunt Robin jumped on a plane Friday morning and came to visit for the weekend. We loved having you and kind of wished you could have stayed a day or two more. It was nice while it lasted.

We have had sun and seventies the last two days so decided to take advantage of it. We started off with the intentions of visiting Multnomah Falls but the wait to find a parking space was ridiculous so we did an about face and went to Bridal Veil Falls. One nice thing about the Columbia River Gorge is there is no shortage of fun/cool things to see.

This was waiting for a parking space. I'm not sure what Davis did to cause his sisters to flee to the other side of the van but he is quite pleased with himself. This was the river flowing away from the base of the falls. I'm not sure why we didn't take a picture with the falls in the background.This is Bridal Veil Falls.So we are just sitting there minding our own business, admiring the falls, and this guy in a kayak appears at the base of the first falls. I thought he was tethered to the rocks and just practicing his paddling.But then he turned around...and WENT OVER THE FALLS! I missed the picture in the middle but it was cool. He obviously came out alright as you can see. His friend/brother/fellow crazy person thought it looked like so much fun he ran off to the truck to get his kayak. Several people in our party had to pee so we left before the second guy went over but it was an interesting trip to Bridal Veil Falls. So it turns out this guys name is Todd Wells. Check the comments of this post. He happened to stumble across our blog and here is the link to his site with better pictures and a video of his Bridal Veil Falls drop that we witnessed. Thanks Tood. keep up the good work! http://toddwellswhitewater.blogspot.com/ All the rushing water takes its toll on young bladders.

Oh yeah, and Davis lost his first tooth!