Treks and Adventures
Lori, Jeanette and I did a 4.5 mile hike in Forest Park. We started our hike from the Germantown Road parking lot. We did a loop by starting out on the Wildwood trail then took the Springville Road down to Leaf Ericson Road. We took Leaf Ericson back to the Cannon Trail and back to the car. After the hike we went to Double Mt. Brewing for lunch.
I did the Hardy Ridge Trail to see how the flowers were and get some exercise. I am glad I went for the flowers as the ridge was clouded over so no view today. I am finding it interesting how the flower go through their cycle so much slower then in sub-alpine meadows on Mt. Hood. The hike was about 9.5 miles with 2300 ft. elevation gain and on the trail for 4 1/2 hours.
Lori, Jeanette and I did a short hike at Stub Stewart State Park. The place was in full greenery. It was a lovely walk in the woods. We did about 5 miles with 750 elevation gain in 3 hours. Afterward we went to Helvetia Tavern for lunch.
The Lori, Jeanette, Sylvia and I did a hike to see Wahclellah Falls. The trail recently reopened after some extensive work was done on it. This is a short hike with a lot of scenic beauty for your effort. Having to park in the upper parking lot added some mileage to our hike so we were at a little over 5 miles, over 500 ft. total elevation gain in two hours.
I did a hike with the Prime Timers up the Oak Ridge Trail and then along Surveyor Ridge Trail to a view and lunch spot. We had 26 folks on the hike with old friends and new ones I met. We did about 9 miles with 2350 ft. gain in about 5 hrs.
