Treks and Adventures
Lori and I did a short 5 mile hike on the Upper Salmon River Trail.
A hike of upper part of Silver Falls State Park with Lori and Sylvia. The hike was 5.7 miles with over 600 ft. gain. Afterwards we went to Milltown Pub to sit in their garden and have lunch.
A hike up Cast Creek Tr. to E. Zigzag Mt. in the Mt. Hood National Forest. By the numbers: 13 miles, 3500 ft. elevation gain and about 7 1/2 hrs. on the trail.
A short hike at Little Crater Lake to Timothy Lake with a stop a Laurel Hill Oregon Trail Historic Site. Lunch at Smokey Hearth.
The forecast was for a nice sunny day. The plan was to hike up to Hardy Ridge in Beacon Rock State Park and photograph some wild flowers in bloom. What I got was heavy cloud cover that had enveloped the ridge and saturated the plants with water droplets. The droplets soaked my boots and pants and made the rocks very slippery and unsafe. Plan B turned out to be to enjoy the hike and get a few photos before heading home early. By the numbers: 8.5 miles, 1900 ft. Elevation Gain, Time on trail about 5 hrs.
