Opal Creek

Yes, the water really is this color.

JAWBONE FLATS-OPAL CREEK
Opal Creek Wilderness, Oregon
~7miles, ~300 feet elevation gain

Little North Santiam (I think)

Sometimes, in the woods, you aren’t exactly sure where you end up.  Not that it really matters, surrounded by loved ones and beautiful scenery, but several miles into a river trail that didn’t quite match up with what I had expected, I wasn’t positive that I had gotten onto the actual trail I was looking for. No matter….I did know we were in the Opal Creek Wilderness, an area neither of us had explored before. The trees were huge and exquisite, moss-laden old growth sentinels and we were the only people around….

 

LITTLE NORTH SANTIAM RIVER TRAIL (maybe?)
Opal Creek Wilderness, Oregon