Leon Turnbull Photography

I had not been to Fairy Falls in the Columbia River Gorge before. I had seen many photos of it before, and had determined it was one I must go see. It is one of the little jewels of the Gorge. I was not disappointed.

But I did not have too much time. I wanted to go to Multnomah Falls first thing in the morning, then Wahkeena Falls, then take the trek up to see Fairy Falls. But I had to get back to the motel by a certain time to pick up my family. Time was short. And the trail up to Fairy Falls is a steep one. It is short, but it is steep. I was huffing it up there as fast as I could.

When I got up there, I found another photographer there. It turned out to be one of my contacts on flickr, Darren White. It was surprising and funny to meet him up there so unexpectedly.

We chatted for awhile, but I didn’t have too much time to stay there. I was behind schedule, so I quickly took my photos of Fairy Falls, and literally ran back down the trail to the bottom, hopped in the car, and drove back to the motel to pick up my family.