Starting up the hill to the east of Trail Bridge Reservoir.
Mom and Dad drove us up McKenzie Pass for a ride on the McKenzie River Trail.
We crossed a beautiful creek after a mile.
This was our third ride on the trail. Today, we just wanted to ride the lower half of the trail, from just above Trail Bridge Reservoir to the end.
Lush
Dad would drive from trailhead to trailhead, hiking out to meet us.
Blow-down. BIG blow-down.
The trail is generally a cruiser, but there are a few parts with technical hazards.
Maybe a little too rocky.
The trail is very rocky for a half-mile east of Tamolitch Falls.
Discretion is the better part of bloody shins.
The technical sections are limited to a few spots that go through old lava flows, but they get nasty in places.
Tamolitch Falls.
The trail goes by Tamolitch Falls and the famous Blue Pool.
Tamolitch Falls rarely has a waterfall; usually the water emerges spring-like through the rocks below.
However, due to a huge snow pack, water was flowing over the falls and the blue pool wasn’t very blue.
The McKenzie River below the falls.
One aspect of a long river trail is seeing the river get bigger and bigger as you continue downstream.
We continued downstream after lunch.
Crossing one the many single log bridges across tributary streams.
The trail is especially lush above Deer Creek.
After the falls, the trail becomes more of a cruise.
There’s no moss like this in Tahoe.
Riding in the Pacific Northwest is like mountain biking through the Lord of the Rings.
Communing
Dad went hiking while waiting for us at each intersection.
Crossing Deer Creek.
We met the folks at Deer Creek to get some lunch.
Vacationing with the folks.
After Deer Creek, was just another four mile cruise to the end of the MRT.
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