- Paprika (US /pəˈprikə/, /pæˈprikə/; UK /ˈpæprɪkə/, /pəˈpriːkə/) is a spice made from dried and ground red peppers. It is traditionally made from Capsicum annuum varietals in the Longum group, including chili peppers. Paprika can have varying levels of heat, but the chili peppers used for hot paprika tend to be milder and have thinner flesh than those used to produce chili powder. In some languages, but not English, the word paprika also refers to the plant and the fruit from which the spice is made, as well as to peppers in the Grossum group (e.g., bell peppers).
- Yacolt Falls (waterfallsnorthwest.com)
Yacolt Falls is a modest but fairly attractive little waterfall along Yacolt Creek about a quarter mile upstream from its confluence with the East Fork Lewis River. The falls spill approximately 25 feet in two steps, first dropping 15 feet over a broad ledge where an unnamed tributary stream joins on the right, then gathers and funnels over an additional 6-7 foot tier located beneath a unique rotating swinging footbridge spanning the creek. During the winter, the Parks Department locks the swinging bridge open so one can’t cross the creek - I’m assuming this is to prevent logs from smashing against it if they were flumed down the falls (though it seems to me that the creek isn’t nearly voluminous enough to carry logs large enough to damage a metal bridge).