Today’s hike was a relatively easy one, 5.6 miles roundtrip with 1,585 feet elevation gain, with the trailhead along the I-90 corridor. This is, of course, the Teneriffe Falls Trail — not to be confused with the Mount Teneriffe Trail, which begins at the same trailhead but continues for 13 miles all the way up to the summit.

The waterfall at the top was a relatively calm one. In fact, it was only on the way back that we discovered it had even been in plain view about half a mile before getting the top, and both Anu and I had completely missed it on the way up. Perhaps we had been too engrossed in our conversation then.

We picked and ate some salmonberries (rubus spectabilis) on the way down. The yellow ones taste a tad like tomato. We did not eat any of the red-berried elder (samucus racemosa) — they are poisonous if eaten raw! We found a good deal of purple foxglove (digitalis purpurea) that added to the natural beauty of the woods.