Lewis River Falls — Wednesday, May. 17, 2023

This is a beautiful hike along a very scenic river with numerous falls. Permits for day hikes are not required at this time but will be in mid June. We camped at the Lower Falls campground (reservations only) and walked both up river to the Upper Falls and down river to the Cussed Hollow area. Many little spots along the river bank to just sit and watch the river flow. The forest is beautiful, and early season wild flowers ( trillium, yellow violets, vanilla leaf, calypso orchids) are blooming.  We met a couple of groups of cyclists, but please be cautious if you bike this trail. There are sharp drop offs and we met a group who were had one of their number hit an obstacle and tumble into the river.  Luckily, he was OK, but the water is swift, cold and full of rocks.