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Have you ever been to Silver Falls State Park?

Silver Falls State Park

Steve Thomas

Having fun is the only reason I take photos. A shot taken with my S5 and the much despised 26mm f8 manual focus pancake lens. Which I like very much. From the top of my parents driveway

Steve,

Yes, I've been to Silver Falls State Park. I would like to go again. Here's a few I took in September of 2021.

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Ghundred,

That's beautiful with the rolling hills and blue sky. That reminds me a little of Southern Oregon.

It's a lovely spot for sure. At the base of the Kaimai ranges in the North Island of NZ. I suspect the next time I visit will be in much less happy circumstances, my Mum has just been diagnosed with a terminal illness, and in your mid 80's that doesn't give you a lot of time left.

Ghundred,

New Zealand is beautiful with its mountainous terrain. I'm sorry hear about your mum. Life is so short and precious.

Every time I go back to visit my parents, I love to get up in those hills behind their place, and just soak it all in. Each time, those hills just seem to get a little bit steeper, and taller lol. At some point I want to do the North-South trail that runs the length of the ranges, I may have to settle for doing it in sections, of which I've done a few now. Over the years. Maybe an item on my bucket list :)
I did get to walk another section this visit, as luck would have it I picked the worst day to do it, the day before, and after was brilliant, but had other things planned. Such is life :) On the climb up

The weather started out quite nice, I'm heading for the top of that ridge line.Track was pretty hard to follow, it's been closed off and is starting to get quite overgrown, only the locals would know it's there. Used the GPS mapping on my phone to pick it back up a few times.

Looking back

And walking along the ridge line at the top, heading South. Much easier going :)

Keep out. Nah, just fallen trees here and there

Ghundred,

I liked seeing all of the green landscapes. One of the other ways I've seen New Zealand is on YouTube.

Indeed nice shot @Ghundred, we have the Southern Alps on our bucket list 😎

Steve,

Have you ever been to Silver Falls State Park? There's so many falls around there, that I think a person could spend a couple of days trying to see all of them.

Steve,

Here's some more you might like. The size of the people and the fence could help people appreciate the size of these falls. There are many of them, and this may be the largest...but I'm not sure. It's a good tourist destination.

Photo No. 1 - This is a continuation of the photo I showed above.

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Photo No. 7 - In 2021, this is when you could expect to see some Covid masks. Although, since it was outside, most people did not wear them. This was taken underneath the falls near the fence.