A scouting walk of the Westside Regional Trail North. I did several side trips off the main trail and end up with about six miles.
I began may walk at Hanson Ridge Park
The short connector trail leads to a raise trail over a wetland
A nice size active wetland that the trails cross over
Westside trail bridge heading North
Beginning heading north on the Westside Trail
Another short bridge on the trail
A formal sign saying I am at Westside Linear Park
Most of the trail is asphalt under powerlines
Westside trail stretching North
Sign at the junction
My map has this as Westside but the sign had it as Yoshihara
City folks being warned they may see farm land
Vary Large water tanks
Green farmland still here for now
This is the Urban Growth boundary
Last stretch of trail
One of several playgrounds that are by the trail
A few spots of flooded trail to work around
A gravel road continues on but it is private
A short way from the trail new suburbs are coming
Start of my journey back
First side trip on my way back was Kaiser Woods Natural Area
Recovering Forest Vegetation
A gravel trail rings the area
Found roots of several large tree that were blown down
A small grove of cedar and doug fir
A different nurse log story
A small fort in the woods
The that exits of natural area
A small drainage creek was full
A greenway next to the creek
I took the Rock Creek Regional Trail trail to its end
Rock Creek trail after the trail junction
End of Rock Creek Trail
Flooded wetland at the end of the trail
I did some road walking to find a point of interest
Quarry Woods and its pond
Found a couple of folks doing survey work looking for egg masses
A small pond where a quarry once was
Gravel trail around the pond
View from the other side of the trail
Back at Westside trail and heading south
Back at the bridge over the wetland
Nice picnic area at Jenson Ridge park