The Columbia River Gorge, just outside of Portland, offers some great, easily accessible, gorgeous hiking (previously covered here). Finding myself in Portland and with a willing hiking partner, I set out to enjoy and explore on what turned out to be a gorgeously sunny winter day.
The hike we chose was Eagle Creek to High Bridge* just 45 minutes up river. The terrain was easy and well-maintained, if a little muddy in parts. The scenery was amazing, with gorges, waterfall(s), views, and a beautiful river. We saw quite a few people setting out from here loaded with backpacks, presumably for multi-day hikes. This made me so jealous that I just about tried to teach the dog to feed the chickens and vice versa here at my current housesitting house and set out on a backpacking trip of my own. Next time I will plan better and make it a reality. Yep, with such an amazing taste of the outdoors, I'm planning at least one more good hike before I leave the Portland area. Any readers out there want to come along? |
Sunday February 20 2011 | File under: Portland, hiking |
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on Sun 20th Feb, 2011 08:11 pm PST katie said: the river link looks like a painting! awesome pics. ************************ on Mon 21st Feb, 2011 11:48 am PST soreyes said: If you try hard enough, the chickens will feed the dog. As a bonus, there will be no more chickens left to feed when you get back. ************************ |
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