Touching the Water
Three years ago over Labor Day weekend I took the children on one last day trip to Snoqualmie Falls before the school year started. It's one of our favorite places to take out of town friends or just for a quick adventure to see the beautiful falls and play outdoors. Just beyond the parking lot is a viewpoint with a rail overlooking the falls and the Snoqualmie river. You travel down the viewpoint through a series of shallow stairs and landings until you reach the final landing where you can take the perfect selfie with the falls if the mist rising from the river isn't too high. Most people who visit Snoqualmie Falls walk the stairs, take their pictures, and then visit the gift shop and head home. We've done this many times. Just behind the gift shop is a trail about 1.3 miles down to the river. Along the way you see little placards naming the types of trees and other plants you see on the trail. The walk down to the river is a treat. You're walking under some pre