Treks and Adventures
One of our team, Sylvia, got a new retirement cottage with her husband and they invited us over to see the new digs. We got a tour of the new homestead and garden and then did an exploratory walk of the neighborhood. After our walk we went for lunch at a hole in the wall burger joint that did great burgers and salads.
A short walk at Wildwood Recreation Site with Tom, Wendy, Lori, and Merlyn. Tom led over a 1000 rambles for the Mazamas before retiring. We all went on rambles with him and now get together to do short easy walks and visit.
I started the summer hiking season with the Paradise Park Trail and I wanted to see if my conditioning had improved by finishing the season with the same trail. I went further and higher this time and finished strong but diffidently tired. Some Fall color was out and all of the plants were dying back getting ready for the first snow of the season. There was still a hazy in the air that kept from getting clear view of the surroundings but Mt. Hood stood out very clear. I did 16.5 miles with a little over 3500 ft. elev. gain. I was on the trail for about 10 hours (spent an hour and half of that stopping to take pictures) and got to around 6200 ft. on the mountain.
A hike in the woods on Dry Creek Trail with Lori, Jeanette and Merlyn. This was a new trail for me. It was mostly a walk in the woods in a recovering forest. This area is on the edge of the Trapper Creek Wilderness. We did 8 1/4 miles with 600 ft. gain.
A late season hike at Mt. Hood Meadows with Lori and Marilyn. We put together several of the lower trails to make a loop. Fall was setting in with most flowers gone to seed and fall colors coming on. We did about 4 miles and 400 ft. gain. Afterwards we went to Smokey Hearth for lunch.
