Leon Turnbull Photography

It was a cold night camping at Devil’s Postpile. We made sure to bundle the kids up very warmly, so they were fine. My wife, though, didn’t pack enough warm clothes for herself. She was freezing all night. I don’t know why she didn’t ask me if I had an extra sweater (I did). Silly woman.

I trudged out of my warm sleeping bag at some unruly hour of the morning, and dragged my poor dog out of her warm spot as well. She wasn’t too pleased about that. The good thing about the cold in the morning, is the mosquitoes are not out yet. We hiked back to Rainbow Falls for sunrise. I did not have a chance the previous night to get down to the base of the falls, so I wanted to do that. There is a steep set of stairs from the top down to the bottom. It is pretty easy getting down, and my dog was down in two shakes and looking for a spot to dip in the water. She loves getting in the water at every opportunity. I, however, might have liked to have gotten in the water, but I had left my water shoes behind. They were completely frozen from being left overnight outside. The light at Rainbow Falls is rather flat in the morning. It is definitely better to be here for photographing at sunset, not sunrise, as the sun doesn’t get into the canyon until rather late in the morning. I was long gone by then.