Given that the trail through this forest was a short and mostly flat 2-mile return hike, it was easy for Julie to imagine Edward and Bella flying amongst the tall trees above us, or for my eyes to wander upwards as I gazed forward following the trail contour before letting the vertical lines from the trees took me over.

Sol Duc Falls was also a pretty waterfall itself though it won't win any prizes for tallest nor most powerful. Indeed, it was more about the atmosphere and its unusual shape as it split into three main segments before plunging around 40ft or so into a narrow gorge where its waters reconverged and turbulently rushed its way downstream. We were able to see this action directly from a footbridge spanning this gorge (getting a little bit sprayed in the process) as well as from a few overlooks just on the other side of the bridge.

Perhaps that was why it wasn't surprising to us that we had seen numerous long exposure post cards or large format posters of this falls shot in many different ways. It just seemed to be a favorite subject for photographers let alone Nature lovers. Maybe the Native Americans from this area knew something as the term Sol Duc meant something like "magic waters."