September 22, 2017
HAPPY AUTUMN!
Finally as the season changes, the heat and especially the smoke are gone. It has been a while since we have posted a hike so we thought we would post today's hike to get you up to date. We have been hiking over the last couple of months, but mostly local trails. Even those hikes though have been limited since Southern Oregon was in a cloud of smoke for quite some time due to all the forest fires in every direction. For 29 straight days we had air in the unhealthy range!
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| Time for some AUTUMN hiking! |
But since today was the first day of Autumn and there were blue skies, big white clouds and temps in the low 70's, we headed out to the Jacksonville Woodland Trails after work and got in a couple hours of beautiful hiking.
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| The colors are a changing. |
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| Some many trails, so many options! |
The grasses are now all brown, trees and bushes are slowly beginning to change, and acorns litter the ground in the oak tree groves. During our hike today we saw many busy squirrels, a few deer, a rafter of turkeys, along with a few crows and a flicker. Sorry but we didn't get pictures of any of them. Maybe it was the Katie factor?
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| One of many great views of the hills in Applegate and blue sky. |
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| The shadow knows it's Autumn |
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| Jacksonville Woodland Trails - half in sunshine, half in the shade as evening begins. |
Well that's it for now. Since Autumn is our favorite season of the year, we look forward to getting out as often as possible and plan to hike a few new trails that have been on our radar during the summer. Hope to share those and more with you soon.
Trekking Together
Glenn & Carol
Thank you for the breath of fresh air. Autumn is my absolute favorite time of year. As always I enjoy your pictures, they help me feel like I am out there also.
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