Rain pouring down in sheets mixed with snow at times. Cold and gusty winds out of the east. Yes indeed, […]
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The Pleasant Gnat Creek Hike
What fun! It’s not often I do a new hike within 100 miles of Portland. Gnat Creek was a real […]
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A Rainy Day Hike in the Coastal Mountains
In mid-February on a cool and very rainy weekend day, I hiked the 14-mile trail (1,450 feet of cumulative elevation […]
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Wilderness Solitude
On a sunny, shirt-sleeve morning I parked at the Eagle Creek Trailhead about 30 miles southeast of home as the […]
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Badger Creek Wilderness at its Stormy Best
I have written about hiking to the old Kinzel Mine in the Badger Creek Wilderness several times in the past. The […]
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An Early Peek at the Annual Tryon Trillium Fest
This weekend it will be the 35th Annual Trillium Lily Festival at the Tryon Creek State Park. It’s the only Oregon state park […]
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A Western Pond Turtle brings a smile to the face
Built up some karma I did. Hiking a stretch of the trail along the two-lane paved road, I spotted a […]
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Buxton Trestle to Hare Canyon
Too much rain and water in the lowlands. Time to visit and enjoy a ten mile hike in the upper […]
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Snake in the City
A nice early spring day. A good time to do the four-mile loop hike in the Tualatin Hills Nature Park […]
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Tryon Trilliums
On one of the first days of spring with the promise of some sunshine, I drove to Tryon Creek State […]