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Happy Star Wars Day!
This is a two part trip so please read the entire description.

We'll meet up at the Springfield Fred Meyer on Q St, just north of the fuel station in time to depart at 7am. We'll then drive to our trailhead at Silver Falls South Falls day use area and park at the north lot that's closest to South Falls. Note that there is a $5 per vehicle parking fee. We'll then hike in a clockwise direction with side trips to Winter Falls and Upper North Falls where we'll stop for a lunch break. From here we'll complete the loop back to our vehicles to finish the first part of our trip. For those of you who do not intend to hike to Abiqua Falls you'll drive home from here. It's up to you to get yourself into a vehicle that's going where you want to go from here.

Note that the second part of our hike is rated difficult because of the steep terrain. From Silver Falls we'll drive about 20 miles to the town of Scotts Mills then another 10 miles to get to the Abiqua Falls trailhead. The last two miles is a steep rough dirt road that requires a high clearance vehicle and cannot be driven at all if wet. In dry conditions the trail to Abiqua Falls is a steep scramble that takes about 15 minutes. If it's wet we'll have to hike the road making the hike in about one hour. After the hike we'll drive to Silverton for dinner before driving home. For those participating in this part of the trip please compensate your driver an additional $5 for the extra 50 miles.

***Please leave your light sabers at home***