Author: Daniel Van Rossen

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Hardy Ridge Hike

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.

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Fanno Creek Trail South Walk

An early walk to explore Fanno Creek Regional Trail going South from Dirkson Nature Park. Although a long time in planning some sections of this trail were just finished. The out and back was 5.6 miles.

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Washington Park Walk

This time Lori, Sylvia and I stayed closed to home and did a short walk in Washington Park. We wanted to see the Rose Garden Blooming and what had been done with the Reservoirs. I also wanted to Sylvia some spot she had not seen before and to see what was new. Afterward we went to Canyon Grill for lunch.

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Hardy Ridge Hike

A clockwise hike of Hardy Ridge Loop hike. 8.8 miles, 2200 elv. gain, about 5.25 hrs. on trail.

Of Note- This is the first time I have done this trail clockwise. Coming up the West side is shorter but steeper. The Indian Paint brush we exceptionally nice. Low cloud cover and haze mad for bad scenic photos.