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 was out with Lori and Jeanette for a short hike at Tualatin Hills Nature Park. Sylvia joined us part way through out hike. I was surprise to find how dried up the wetlands and ponds were for this early in the year. It shows how we are in a drought period. After the hike we went to Murrryhill Taproom, not my favorite, for lunch.
I got out for a short exploratory hike in Forest Park this morning. I first went down Springville Rd. to where it becomes a neighborhood. Then went back up on Springville Rd., Leaf Ericson Rd. and then the Hardesty Trail that was a new one for me. I found a number of user trail coming off of Springville Rd. and Nieghborhood along Springville Rd. place that need further exploring. The hike was only 3 miles with 780 ft. elevation gain in 1 hour and 40 minutes.
This time out I started at the upper Salzman Rd. Trailhead. Many of the trails in this section I have not been on in a long time. I started off going down Firelane 5 to Leif Ericson to get to the Maple Trail. From the Maple trail I switched on to Salzman Rd. and followed it down to the Lower gate. I then took Firelane 4 up to where it connected with Maple Trail and followed it up to Firelane 3. I then connected with Wildwood to Salzman and then back to my car. I covered 8.5 miles with 1450 gain in a leisurely 3 1/4 hours. The hike started out dry but kept getting wetter and wetter. I got back to my car before the worse came in.
Lori, Jeanette and I did a hike at Lacamas Park. The hike was about 5 miles and 700 ft. gain. Afterward we went to lunch at a new place called JB’s Taphouse and Grill.
