Leon Turnbull Photography

Because we were able to arrive at the Columbia River Gorge a few hours earlier than planned, I said that I was able to see a few additional waterfalls that I had not anticipated. One stop we made was at the Starvation Creek Falls picnic area.

Starvation Creek Falls itself is a pretty neat and very tall waterfall. I managed to pick up some good ol’ poison oak while photographing that one. Gee, and I thought I was done with getting that stuff for the year. Not quite, my dear Leon! After that, I hiked up about a mile to Hole In The Wall Falls and Lancaster Falls. Hole In The Wall Falls is a neat, unique looking waterfall no doubt, and I really like the form of this falls, but it is not so easy to photograph because of how it is set back in the canyon wall. If I moved any more to the left, the top of the falls would be cut off, and any further to the right and the bottom would be cut off. I think I got it just about right.

When I first arrived at the waterfall, there was a group of people sitting around right at the pool in front of the falls. It would’ve been difficult taking a photo with all those people there. I decided to scoot up to Lancaster Falls first. When I got there, a family of hikers arrived coming down from the mountain. They had trouble controlling their two kids who wanted to get in front of my picture, and one of them even knocked herself into my camera. I didn’t spend much time there because of them. I then whipped on back to Hole In The Wall Falls. The group at the pool was gone, so I was able to get my photo without too much hassle. But that family was there again, and waiting for me to move out of the way. So again, I didn’t spend too much time here either. Ah well, it was time to get on to Wahclella Falls anyway.