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| Snoqualmie Falls from the lower viewing platform. A local energy company is building a hydroelectric plant on the site, so the trails to the bottom are closed and cranes marred the landscape. |
The falls themselves were quite impressive but this was not a wilderness experience. Getting a parking spot in the long, ergonomically incorrect parking lot took fortitude, the ability to curse like a sailor, and the willingness to run over aged grand parents from three continents.
There are multiple view locations that provide slightly different angles to the falls. They can be reached via stairs or long handicapped ramps, which was great from my aged mother who could not do stairs. Each of these platforms was seething with humanity. The aged grandparents I almost killed in the parking lot had brought along their entire extended families from India, Latin America, and China and they were not about to give up their spot on the railings until Uncle Beezlebub had taken every possible combination of photos of the smiling brood. I think our mistake was visiting the falls on a weekend and a sunny one to boot.
Next to the falls is the Salish Inn, which a friend had reported had a wonderful Sunday brunch. We could not get anywhere near the two restaurants and so bolted out of there back to our rain forest oasis as quickly as possible. Still, the falls are worth seeing, just go mid-week and avoid the hordes.
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| The view from the upper platform |
