Treks and Adventures
The forecast was for a rainy day so we decide to stay close to home and do the Vancouver Waterfront walk. This walk hold our interest as there is something always changing. This time it was check on the progress of Terminal One new pier being build. It is also a downtown walk you can do and feel safe. We did an easy four miles and went to Say Ciao! for lunch.
I got out for a short exploratory hike in Forest Park this morning. I first went down Springville Rd. to where it becomes a neighborhood. Then went back up on Springville Rd., Leaf Ericson Rd. and then the Hardesty Trail that was a new one for me. I found a number of user trail coming off of Springville Rd. and Nieghborhood along Springville Rd. place that need further exploring. The hike was only 3 miles with 780 ft. elevation gain in 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Out for another hike doing that Hardy Ridge Loop at Beacon Rock State Park. Part of this was to see how far along the new growth and flowers were. The best of the flowers is still a month away. This was an 8.5 mile hike with 2275 ft. elevation gain with about 4.5 hours on the trail.
A damp day hike of Lower Salmon River trail with Lori and Jeanette. By the numbers: 6.5 miles, 370 Total Elevation Gain in 3.5 hours. Afterwards we went to Smoky Hearth for a late lunch.
This time out I started at the upper Salzman Rd. Trailhead. Many of the trails in this section I have not been on in a long time. I started off going down Firelane 5 to Leif Ericson to get to the Maple Trail. From the Maple trail I switched on to Salzman Rd. and followed it down to the Lower gate. I then took Firelane 4 up to where it connected with Maple Trail and followed it up to Firelane 3. I then connected with Wildwood to Salzman and then back to my car. I covered 8.5 miles with 1450 gain in a leisurely 3 1/4 hours. The hike started out dry but kept getting wetter and wetter. I got back to my car before the worse came in.
