Treks and Adventures
A hike at chehalem Ridge Nature Park with Lori, Jeanette and Sylvia. Cloudy, cool but not rain. Afterwards we went to Murrayhill Taphouse for lunch. We hiked 6.5 miles and 850 ft. total elevation gain. Time on trail was 3 hr. and 10 min. with a moving average of 2.3 mph.
I did a hike with Lori, Jeanette and Sylvia on a sunny day to the Saddle on Hamilton Mt. We started at the Beacon Rock Equestrian Camp and took the Equestrian Trail up to and back from the Saddle. We did about 7.7 miles with 1500 gain in 41/2 hours. Afterward we went to Backwood Brewery for a late lunch.
I need to get some elevation gain workout in and we had some nice weather so I did a hike up to Indian Point High Point. This route combined Herman Creek Trail with Nick Eaton Trail, the Connector Trail and Gordon Creek Trail to make a lollypop loop. I had some Fall color and about dozen trees down across the trail.
By the numbers: 9.3 miles, a little over 3000 gain and on the trail for six and a quarter hour.
Lori, Jeanette, Sylvia and I did a hike at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge. We followed the same route as I had scouted a few months ago but shortened it some. Highlights were seeing a deer swim across the Willamette River and a playful Otter cleaning its self. Both happened to far away to get a photo of. After the walk we went to Muddy Rudder Public House. I had Stromboli, something I had never had before.
After several days of rain we had a break in the weather so I took advantage of it to do some more scouting on the Sandy River Greenway Trail. There was a new section of trail added to it that now connects Troutdale to it and on to the 40 mile loop. The new trail runs through the new Sharon Nesbit Heritage Park and then joins the Ch’ak Ch’ak Trail. There a number of user trails that connect to the Ch’ak Ch’ak Trail and run down to the Sandy River. I spent most of my time checking these out. In all I got nine miles of walking in.
