Lower South Falls, Silver Falls State Park, Sublimity, Oregon, United States

One of ten (named) waterfalls along the Trail of Ten Falls in Silver Falls State Park and one of four where the trail took you behind the falls itself, Lower South Falls was one of my favorites. I camped in the park and was able to get to the trailhead right as it opened at 8:00am, beating the crowds and the heat. Waterfalls are so much more magical in the morning, with the light weak and the fog just beginning to lift.

The Pacific Northwest's famously beautiful water is a striking difference to the majority of Wisconsin's rivers, which, though beautiful, are usually tinted red and brown with the copper and iron in the earth.