| If you'd like to use my pictures on your website or blog, please include credit to: www.TheEnchantedGallery.com Store Index: pg.1: Rubber Stamps, pg. 2: Acrylic Shapes to decorate, pg.3: Mold Making Compound, pg.4 Face & Button Molds, pg.5: Nature Spirit Molds, pg.6: Goddess & Mythology Molds, pg.7: Fairy & Mermaid Molds Gallery & Information Index: pg.1: Customer Art Gallery, Mold Info & Instructions, pg.2: Kimberly Crick's Art Gallery, pg.3: Artist Biography & F.A.Q., pg.4: Shipping & Store Policy Comments or Questions? Check Q&A before you Email: EnchantedGallery@gmail.com Click here to go back to the travel map! Or browse trips by text link instead of photo links on map here: Oregon - Portland City and parks (includes Japanese Gardens, Rose Garden, Zoo and city pictures.) Columbia River Gorge (featuring Multnomah falls.) Oregon Coastline (about an hour and a half west of Portland.) Silver Falls State Park and Oregon Garden Washington- Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier North Cascades National Park Ohme Gardens Utah- Arches National Park Michigan - Lake Michigan (and surrounding forest Frankfort area, MI) |
| Click here to go back to the travel map! (or go to art gallery or store index) Silver Falls State Park and Oregon Garden |
| You get pretty close to all of the falls by following the trails, but this one you can even walk under the water! |
| The main interstate that runs north to south through OR is I-5, near Salem there is a small highway exit that makes a loop around Silver Falls state park and the Oregon Garden in Silverton (15 miles apart, Hwy. 214) I've been here a few times, September being my favorite time to visit. While not intolerable, there seem to be less bugs towards the end of summer (vs. late May) and also more flowers in bloom at the garden in Aug/Sep. There are 10 waterfalls throughout this park, a few are really short walks from the scenic highway stops. There is also 25 miles of trails for hiking and nearby camping. |
| Eeek! I almost stepped on a snake! |
| There is a lot of farm land on hwy. 214 before you reach the Oregon Garden and Silver Falls park. In May I saw a lot of poppy flowers along the road. While many things were not yet in bloom at the garden, its still a beautiful trip no matter the time of year. |
| The Rhododendron Mollis (Azalia hybrid) tree had so many flowers on it! |
| This Peony tree was breathtaking and the flower was so huge! It was set back from the path about 10 - 15 feet (as seen in the picture above this to the right.) Luckily, my camera has a great zoom (Panasonic Lumix TZ5) and this picture is only about 30% of the full size it captured. |
| At the Oregon Garden there is a nice secluded path with tall old oak trees and a high point view of the landscape. |
| This plant totally belongs in an Art Nouveau style painting! |
| Leaving the garden it's a 15 mile trip to Silver Falls state park. I saw this little deer on the way, didn't even mind me stopping to take pictures. |
| There are a lot of baby waterfalls throughout the park that line the sides of the trails on the way to larger falls. |
| May 09' - Driving south on hwy. 214 i saw a field of purple-red. From the distance it looked like someone had painted grass a new color. I was happy to find it was a million red clover type flowers in bloom! |
