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Champoeg Park

Red-dead nettle and oaks toothwort are odd names for early-blooming wildflowers. It makes one believe neither had good marketing agents.

Nonetheless, the two small flowers are always fun to spot in late winter. And, I spotted many large, white trillium lilies in bloom too. Always a fine sight to see.

On the last weekend of March I did the nine-mile round-trip hike along the Willamette River from Champoeg (Cham-poo-e’)  Park to the Butteville Store. Besides the beautiful scenery, it’s always an interesting trip through history.

Champoeg Park is the location where in 1843 the settlers of the area voted to have Oregon became a provisional territory of the United States. And, the Butteville Store originally opened in 1863.

For those of you that follow the migration of birds, I saw several turkey vultures soaring in the sky. It surely is almost spring.