December 11, 2016
With all the recent rains, fighting illnesses, and Glenn's busy time at work, we haven't got out to hike as often as we would like, but we hit the 300 mile mark for the third year in a row when we hiked the
Rogue River Greenway and Rivers Edge Trail at the
Valley of the Rogue State Park.
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| Time for another hike!! |
We parked in the Valley of the Rogue Rest Area and walked down to the paved Rogue River Greenway to begin our hike. We hiked along the Greenway towards the State Park till we came to the intersection with the Rivers Edge Trail off to the left.. We have hiked this trail many times and enjoy the fact that you hike along the Rogue River and get treated to many views as well as access trails down to the rivers edge. On our hike today we were treated to views of three Blue Herons along the shore, but were unable to get a real good picture.
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| HIking along the Rogue River Greenway |
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| Can you see the Blue Heron across the river? Rivers edge in front of the second tree acorss the river. |
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| Beavers are still busy this time of year! |
After about a mile, the Rivers Edge Trail rejoins the Rogue River Greenway and heads outside the State Park boundaries and towards the town of Rogue River and Grants Pass. Today we hiked almost to Rogue River before turning around and retaracing out steps back to the rest stop and our car.
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| Autumn leaves are gone, but still pretty. |
Along the way we were treated to views of the river, some nice foreested sections, and a display of multiple rock cairns alongside the trail. We did meet a few other hikers out today and some folks bicycling the Greenway despite the cold and cloudy weather.
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| One the many birdhouses along the Greenway |
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| Scary beaver mile marker! |
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| One of the carins along the Greenway |
The hardest part about today's hike was hiking next to the campground at the State Park and smelling the campfires, wishing we could join some folks at their campsite!! It was great to get out again and as mentioned earlier, to get to the 300 mile mark.
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| 300 MILES written out on the Greenway!! |
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| The fast, high and murky Rogue River |
There are still a few weeks left in the year and we are hoping to get out and hike a few more times to add to the mileage total. Then it will be 2017 and time to start over again on a whole new set of hiking adventures and miles. We can hardly wait!
Trekking Together
Glenn & Carol
My former employer had a company picnic in Grants Pass and we parked at Valley of the Rogue and cycled on this trail to the party. When we got there, I told them all we cycled from Roseburg and they believed me until Dollie set them straight. Anyway, that's a nice trail and woo-hoo on the 300 miles!
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