Hikes

Beard’s Hollow Non-Hike (aka Short Stroll) to the Beach

February 2, 2012

We spent last Saturday morning at Beard’s Hollow, searching for shells.  There were no shells.  Woody debris?  Yes.  The occasional beer can?  Check.  A crab shell?  Yup.  An inexplicable number of tampon applicators?  Ew ew ew yes.

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Wahclella Falls Hike

January 12, 2012

After reading about a few of our hikes, you may notice our preference for the short- to middle-distance treks.  Gretta has a hiking limit–she can go for about six or seven miles, but she’s cranky for the last half.  Michael and I like to think we’d enjoy longer hikes, but we usually don’t.  We love [...]

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Cape Lookout Mini-Hike

December 1, 2011

After our Thanksgiving day food fest, we spent the rest of the weekend at the coast with my parents and Gretta.  We filled our time with antique stores, food, hiking, and sightseeing.

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Wildwood Trail Hike from Hoyt Arboretum

November 25, 2011

This is not the hike we intended.  We picked up a “Hiking the Arboretum” trail map at the Hoyt Arboretum Visitor’s Center, and set out to follow the 4-mile self-guided tour.  Long story short, we got lost.  And not just once.  Luckily it was a crisp, sunny morning, because we would have rapidly turned up [...]

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Memaloose Lake Hike

October 25, 2011

This is Gretta’s ideal hike:  room to run back and forth on her long leash, streams to lap, logs to clear in giant bounds, very few other hikers or dogs to get in her way, and just enough distance to wear herself out without getting too cranky.

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Westwind Trail to North Head Lighthouse Hike

September 27, 2011

I love the upbeat place names in our area.  Our home base of Portland is near Boring, Oregon, which Martin Parr found worthy of his photographic attentions subsequent to his Boring Postcards series.  We spent last weekend in Long Beach, Washington, and on the way we passed near Dismal Nitch.  While on our two-day vacation, we hiked in the Cape Disappointment [...]

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Eagle Creek to High Bridge Hike

September 23, 2011

The Eagle Creek Trail is an incredibly popular path in the Columbia River Gorge, which is both positive and negative.  It is a favorite hiking route for good reason:  views, waterfalls, chances to play in the water, proximity to Portland, and many options for length of hikes.  Clearly, this means you will never have the [...]

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Glacier National Park, Giant Recap Part 2

September 14, 2011

This is the last installment of my Glacier National Park series, covering the final two days of our trip last week.  If you’re curious, you can check out our first two days and our silly watercolors.  On our third day in Glacier, we set out on a hike to Grinnell Lake.  Everything went smoothly for the first 2/3 of the [...]

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Glacier National Park, Giant Recap Part 1

September 13, 2011

I might have mentioned our recent vacationette at Glacier National Park, and now I’m planning to inundate you with photos.  If you don’t like slide shows or roll your eyes at photo albums of your aunt and uncle on a cruise, avert your eyes.  I’ve culled the pictures into a fairly manageable amount, but I [...]

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Hike to Dry Creek Falls

August 20, 2011

How can a dry creek have a falls, you ask?  Obviously this little waterway’s title is a misnomer.  We took the Pacific Crest Trail to Dry Creek Falls last weekend for a short, cool hike in the woods.  It seems like it would be a popular hike, but we only passed three different groups of [...]

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