Upper Sheep
This is Upper Sheep Creek Falls in Northport Washington, 21 ft. high. It is tucked in a pretty little gorge, and certainly a very interesting little waterfall.
It is an easy hike up from the lower falls to the upper falls, but it was a bit too far for Nekoda to walk (though actually, she could have done it easily, I think). I tried to entice Jadon to come with me but he just did not want to come, and instead all 3 of them stayed back at the car, and I just took the dog, Kaya, with me. At the end of the road, I knew I was right beside the waterfall, but I could not see it. It was a very steep drop down to the creek, and I wondered how I could ever get down there. There was a path over to the edge, so I followed it, but it took me right to the cliff above the waterfall, and no descent was possible there. There was an old mining structure which looked rather unstable to walk upon, no dice. I could not even get a view of the falls. I retreated. It was Kaya who found the “proper” trail down on the way back, I would have missed it completely if not for her. She is such a smart dog. But also a strange one. She was whipping down the trail like nobody’s business, then she came to one spot which was particularly tricky (or so she determined), and she would not would not continue. I could not entice her down this one spot no matter what. So instead, I went back up to her, and found a different way down (which I thought was much worse), and she had no problems going down this different, steeper, route. Silly dog. We got to the bottom, but could not get all the way down to creek level. There was a ledge you could walk out close beside the waterfall, but it was slippery and I did not want Kaya to wander around too close to the edge while I was talking photos (she has almost fallen over waterfalls in the past), so I tied her up for my own peace of mind, while I took some photos of this little gem.