The Road to Tumalo Falls
Along the Road to Tumalo Falls
Along the Road to Tumalo Falls
Tumalo River
The parking Lot
Tumalo Falls
Tumalo Falls
Along the Road to Tumalo Falls
Along the Road to Tumalo Falls
2011 Trip - Day 18
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Thursday, May 5 - Tumalo State Park Campground, OR - 63 miles, 4372.1 for the trip
As noted I'm still in Bend, OR, Tumalo State Park, Site B13. I have to blame it on one of the sites followers - Jack B Nimble posted a comment that there was a nice waterfall just outside of town. I did some looking on the internet & found Tumalo Falls is only 12 miles or so from the campground. The web pages noted that it was just a short walk from the parking lot to the base of the falls, so I figured I could fit a trip in, still do my laundry & get a reasonably early start south.
Well, my GPS had no trouble finding the falls, estimated 35 minutes so off I went. Only one small problem - the main road ends & there is a 2 1/2 mile gravel road to the falls. There is a gate across the gravel road. Well, I didn't have my walk for the day, so why not? Actually, it wasn't a bad walk, just a little longer than I expected. I did see a nice small stream on the way as well as some interesting stumps. When I reached the falls I could see why the road was closed - the parking lot was under a couple feet of snow.
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Anyway, by the time I got back it was too late to do both laundry & get a good start, so I decided to stay one more day here at Tumalo State Park. After doing the laundry I still had a couple of hours left before dinner, and, since it was a nice day, I installed my Progressive EMS - HW30C Surge Protector. Although this model doesn't correct low or high voltage, it does shut off the power to the trailer if there are any problems with the power source.
After that it was grilled Chicken Pollo Asado in celebration of Cinco de Mayo.
Till Tomorrow!
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