Whatcom Falls

Our Safari Trek and Denton, TX area friend Karen suggested that we visit Whatcom Falls while in the Bellingham, WA area, so we headed up there today.

As we were heading out of the campground, Dwayne told me to check the bulletin board by the restrooms about a cougar being seen in the park. He suggested that they need someone to proofread their communications... (I probably should not point fingers as I am certain that these blog entries frequently have errors that my readers are gracious enough to overlook!)

We got to Whatcom Park and followed the path to the falls. It is really a lovely park, right in the city, but you would think you were miles from any population when you're down in the woods.

Sign indicating stone bridge was built by WPA (Works Progress Administration) in 1939-1940.

A view of the bridge

A view of the falls from the bridge...

and another view of the falls.

Another set of falls upstream...

A view of the path we were walking along - it was a nice broad path with some moderate elevation changes accomplished by steps.

A view of the stream and small falls...

The trees above us...

My honey got a picture of me taking a picture of the smaller falls...

And I got a picture of him climbing some of the steps...

We eventually crossed back over the stream and took a path on the other side of the stream back to the parking area - on that side, we saw a railroad trestle bridge (I read that it was built in 1916) - no longer in use.

I was looking for the meaning of "Whatcom" (it sounds like something recent - like dot-com) - the Wikipedia article on Lake Whatcom indicates the name is 'from the Lummi word for "loud water"'. Whatcom is the name of the county that we have been in northeastern Washington state (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatcom_County,_Washington).