{"id":379,"date":"2007-09-01T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-01T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/portfolio\/ponytail-falls-columbia-river-gorge\/"},"modified":"2007-09-01T07:53:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-01T15:53:00","slug":"ponytail-falls-columbia-river-gorge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/ponytail-falls-columbia-river-gorge.html","title":{"rendered":"Photo of Ponytail Falls, Columbia River Gorge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My daughter and I took a hike in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?x=columbia_river_gorge_national_scenic_area__national_forests__protected_threatened_and_significant_places__location\">Columbia River Gorge<\/a> one morning to see three waterfalls.  The four-mile roundtrip trail we walked was entirely within a cool, shady forest overlooking the Columbia River.  The most striking of the falls was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?x=ponytail_falls__columbia_river_gorge__oregon__usa__location\">Ponytail Falls<\/a>, also known as Upper Horsetail Falls as it lies on Horsetail Creek above, obviously, lower <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?x=horsetail_falls__columbia_river_gorge__oregon__usa__location\">Horsetail Falls<\/a>.  Horsetail Creek races through a slot before dropping over a rock overhang into a shallow pool.  Hikers can walk behind the falls or even step down into some of the spray to cool off.  Most excellent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=19337\" title=\"Ponytail Falls, where Horsetail Creeks drops 100 feet over a...\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/stock-photo\/ponytail-falls-columbia-river-gorge-picture-19337-816653.jpg\" alt=\"Ponytail Falls, where Horsetail Creeks drops 100 feet over an overhang below which hikers can walk, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon\" title=\"Ponytail Falls, where Horsetail Creeks drops 100 feet over an overhang below which hikers can walk, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ponytail Falls, where Horsetail Creeks drops 100 feet over an overhang below which hikers can walk.<br \/>Image ID: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=19337\">19337<\/a><br \/>Location: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?location=ponytail_falls&amp;city=columbia_river_gorge_national_scenic_area&amp;state=oregon&amp;country=usa\">Ponytail Falls<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?city=columbia_river_gorge_national_scenic_area&amp;state=oregon&amp;country=usa\">Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?state=oregon&amp;country=usa\">Oregon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?country=usa\">USA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=19340\" title=\"Ponytail Falls, where Horsetail Creeks drops 100 feet over a...\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/stock-photo\/ponytail-falls-columbia-river-gorge-photo-19340-355220.jpg\" alt=\"Ponytail Falls, where Horsetail Creeks drops 100 feet over an overhang below which hikers can walk, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon\" title=\"Ponytail Falls, where Horsetail Creeks drops 100 feet over an overhang below which hikers can walk, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Ponytail Falls, where Horsetail Creeks drops 100 feet over an overhang below which hikers can walk.<br \/>Image ID: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/spotlight.php?img=19340\">19340<\/a><br \/>Location: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?location=ponytail_falls&amp;city=columbia_river_gorge_national_scenic_area&amp;state=oregon&amp;country=usa\">Ponytail Falls<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?city=columbia_river_gorge_national_scenic_area&amp;state=oregon&amp;country=usa\">Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?state=oregon&amp;country=usa\">Oregon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/lightbox.php?country=usa\">USA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My daughter and I took a hike in the Columbia River Gorge one morning to see three waterfalls. The four-mile roundtrip trail we walked was entirely within a cool, shady forest overlooking the Columbia River. The most striking of the falls was Ponytail Falls, also known as Upper Horsetail Falls&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,101,103],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-landscape","7":"category-oregon","8":"category-photo-of-the-day"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}