A hike through early Spring flowers at Dallas Mt. Ranch with Lori and Sylvia. We went to the Bargeway Pub afterwards
Dallas Mt. Ranch
Catherine Creek Hike
Out timing was right to catch the last sunny day for a while and judging by the parking lot a lot of folks had the same idea. Lori, Jeanette, Sylvia and I got back to Catherine Creek to find the early season wildflowers blooming and to enjoy the beautiful scenery, We did not do a lot of distance but we did climb 750ft in a mile. After enjoying the nice weather we went to Riverside for a late lunch and enjoy the river view.
Oxbow Park Hike
At wet hike at Oxbow Park. About 5 miles and 700 ft. gain. Pizza and beer afterwards at Lolo’s.
Tualatin Hills Nature Park
An exploratory walk in Tualatin Hills Nature Park. With a combination of trails I walked 4.75 miles in about two and half hours. It was a cold morning.
LL Stub Stewart State Park
This was not the hike we were hoping for. The forecast was for heavy rain coming in about 2 pm so we were planning on getting a quick exploratory hike in at Stub Stewart State Park before the heavy rain arrive. Well the the heavy rain arrive about four and half hours early. I for one was not prepared for hiking for hours in heavy rain. We went ahead with the gear we had hoping this was just a shower. Mushrooms were out in force with a large variety of them popping up. As the trail got muddier and slippery we decide not to follow the old climber’s mantra “it does not have to be fun to be fun” and turned around. We got in a little under 4 miles with a little over 500 elevation gain in two and quarter hours. After peeling off soaked rain gear we headed for lunch Helvetia Tavern. We decide this was a good shake down hike to test our rain gear and prepare the wet season ahead. I found my fifteen year old rain coat was not up for the season ahead.
