Last weekend, Alex, KP and I drove out to Kentucky Falls in Oregon's Coast Range. KP and I had
tried to get out there a few weeks ago and the roads were so bad that we'd had to turn around. This time wasn't much better, but we did make it past rockslides, downed trees and ice.
Despite the obstacles, the
Kentucky Falls trailhead was absolutely packed. There are three major falls on the 2-mile trail; elevation loss is about 800 feet on the way down and it happens all at once.
The hike/falls were pretty great, but the Pacific Northwest invertebrate safari made it an amazing trip. For starters, there was a millipede orgy going on -- mating, feeding, who knows? But the Yellow-spotted millipede were everywhere. For more info on this poisonous creeper, check out this Yellow-spotted millipede links from
NaturePark,
WikiPedia and Olympic National Park site, which calls them the
Almond-scented millipede.
We also found a
banana slug, the second largest slug in the world. It's the first one I've seen this year.
Lastly, we came across a giant
Oregon Forestsnail.
Here is a picture of lower Kentucky Falls:
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