Treks and Adventures
King Mt. in the Tillamook State Forest is not very scenic but because of it’s steepness is often used for conditioning hike. There is a lot of up with just a few flat spot thrown in. I took a little use side trail down for part of the decent and only found out toward the end that I was on the Coronary Ridge trail. By the number – 7 miles, 3000 ft. elevation gain and on the trail for 5 hours.
Lori, Jeanette, Sylvia and I did a walk along Vancouver Waterfront. Same route that we had often done before but the fog on the river gave it a different look. The walk was about 5 miles. Along the walk we stopped in at the Waterfront Taphouse for lunch.
I returned to Hardy Ridge to get some exercise on a dry mild day. I started out in the fog but ended in sunshine. I had three different GPS device going and all gave different readings. It average out to about 8 miles, 2000 ft. elevation gain and on the trail for about 4 1/2 hours.
I have wanted to explore more of Brunt Bridge Creek Trail in Vancouver, WA but up to now have not been able to find away around the homeless camps under and around the Freeway. In taking another look at the maps I found what I had hope would be a good starting point. So I set out for my exploratory walk from Leverich park that connected onto the Brunt Bridge Creek Greenway. I found the trail tent free but I could see lots of spots that had been homeless camps. I did a 6 mile out and back walk with my turn around point at Meadow Homes Park. It surprised me how interesting this urban trail was. There is still more trail for me to explore and I hope the squatter problem is over.
Lori, Jeanette and I did a walk along Salmon Creek in the Salmon Creek Regional Park in Vancouver, WA. The place has a very barron look this time of year. Our out and back walk was about 5.5 miles long. Afterwards we went to Billygun’s Roadhouse for lunch.
