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In early May I hiked the 14-mile trail (1,450 feet of cumulative elevation gain) around Henry Hagg Lake on the eastern […]

A tough, tough hike on Hunchback Mountain beginning at the Zigzag Ranger Station. Nine miles round-trip and roughly 3,700 feet of […]

At times I’m truly amazed at the diversity of beauty in the Portland area. In mid April my destination was […]

A nice early spring day. A good time to do the four-mile loop hike in the Tualatin Hills Nature Park […]

The Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge is located a few miles southwest of town. It’s one of only a handful of […]

Faith has been broken, tears must be cried Let’s do some living, after we die Wild horses couldn’t drag me […]

April Fool’s Day had arrived. A well-deserved break in the non-stop rain (Portland set an all-time record for rain in March with […]