Angels Rest Hike

Saturday we loaded up for a hike in the Columbia Gorge. We have the book 100 Hikes in Northwest Oregon and found the Angels Rest hike. It was described as "Moderate" with an elevation gain of 1500 feet and a distance of 4.6 miles round trip.
We went straight up the mountain from the parking area. It was a cloudy day so the views were a little dark but the trees and bushes were lusciously green. There was many switchbacks and believe it or not lots of people. Every type of person you can imagine. Old people with leather sandals, serious people with walking poles, families with like 17 children and then us. Once at the top it was you, the sky above and the river valley below, it was lovely.
We realized that we could add a side trip to something named "Devil's Rest" so we took that trail and found an old beat up picnic table to eat our lunch right next to a babbling brook. We walked and walked and realized that we were steadily going downhill BUT we were on the wrong side of the mountain. So - needless to say our devil's rest turned into a hell of a hike out of there just to meet up with our original trail that would lead us back to the car.
After four hours of hiking we stopped at Edgefield and sat outside for a cocktail. I had a delightful Greyhound and the cow enjoyed a couple of IPA's.