We made a short trip to TouVelle State Park recently and took some pictures of the Autumn landscape at the State Park. Thought we would post of few for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy.
Trekking Together
Glenn & Carol
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Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Friday, January 31, 2020
January Hiking Update
January 31, 2020
Even though we have not posted on any of our hikes in January, we are hiking. As a matter of fact we completed our 10th hike of the month today! We have had some winter weather, but during January we usually hike local trails that we are familiar with and that either don't get snow or that are not too muddy. Our hikes have included the Jacksonville Woodland Trails, Prescott Park, Valley of the Rogue State Park, Cathedral Hills, Touvelle State Park, and Lithia Creek/Ashland Watershed area. In regards to the Ashland area, they are building a new 3 mile trail from the Fairy Ponds area up to the trailhead of the Wonder Trail. We did a "scouting" hike up Forest Road 2060 to find the Wonder Trail and when the connecting trail opens in Spring/Early Summer, we hope to hike the 9 - 10 mile round-trip route. Our month of hiking finished today as we hiked the Jacksonville Woodland Trails under blue skies and we got to see our 2 owl friends along the Britt Ridge Trail. What a treat! We are starting to notice all the spring flower plants coming up out of the ground, so it won't be long till the wildflowers are here. We have many new hikes and old favorites planned for that time and hope to share those with you. Till then, here are few pictures from hikes at Prescott Park and Touvelle State Park.
Trekking Together
Glenn & Carol
Even though we have not posted on any of our hikes in January, we are hiking. As a matter of fact we completed our 10th hike of the month today! We have had some winter weather, but during January we usually hike local trails that we are familiar with and that either don't get snow or that are not too muddy. Our hikes have included the Jacksonville Woodland Trails, Prescott Park, Valley of the Rogue State Park, Cathedral Hills, Touvelle State Park, and Lithia Creek/Ashland Watershed area. In regards to the Ashland area, they are building a new 3 mile trail from the Fairy Ponds area up to the trailhead of the Wonder Trail. We did a "scouting" hike up Forest Road 2060 to find the Wonder Trail and when the connecting trail opens in Spring/Early Summer, we hope to hike the 9 - 10 mile round-trip route. Our month of hiking finished today as we hiked the Jacksonville Woodland Trails under blue skies and we got to see our 2 owl friends along the Britt Ridge Trail. What a treat! We are starting to notice all the spring flower plants coming up out of the ground, so it won't be long till the wildflowers are here. We have many new hikes and old favorites planned for that time and hope to share those with you. Till then, here are few pictures from hikes at Prescott Park and Touvelle State Park.
Trekking Together
Glenn & Carol
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| Field of snow at Prescott Park |
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| Prescott Park |
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| View of Mt McLoughlin (or Mt Pitt) from Prescott Park |
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| A pair of the large oaks at Touvelle SP |
Sunday, January 6, 2019
2019 Hiking Begins
January 5, 2019
As the new year begins, we look forward to getting out and hiking old and new trails throughout the year. In 2018 we hiked more times (90), more miles (465.3), more long hikes of 10+ miles or 4 hours (6) and our average miles per hike even surpassed our previous personal best too. We traveled out to Wyoming to visit our daughter and got to hike in the Snowy Mountains again and we checked off another of Oregon's 7 Wonders when we visited and hiked at Smith Rock State Park.
In 2019 we hope to make a few trips to the coast where we plan to hike Floras Lake, Cape Perpetua, and more of the Oregon Coast Trail (OCT). With the year only 5 days old, we have already been out hiking 3 times, although all were relatively short hikes.
On January 1 we hiked at Touvelle State Park. The trail took us along the Rogue River and Little Butte Creek. Then we did a quick 1 hour hike at the Jacksonville Woodland Trails one day after Glenn got off work. We basically hiked till it was dark which comes early this time of year.
Today we hiked at Prescott Park as we tried to get a hike in before some winter storms arrived. As we hiked the Manzanita Trail up to the top of Roxy Ann, the wind preceding the storms hit and it felt like we were hiking at the coast. Needless to say, we did not stop and take many pictures for fear of being blown off the trail or having a tree blown on top of us, but we did get one short of an old Oak tree along the Manzanita trail that didn't seem to mind the wind at all.
On the hike back to our car the winds really picked up and a few times we could not even step forward as the wind blew some gusts at an estimated 60 mph. We found that Katie doesn't like hiking in the wind as the extreme gusts made her really pull to get back to the car.
As the year goes on we hope to share our adventures with you and look forward to hearing your comments and questions. Hopefully you set a goal to get out and walk or hike in 2019. In which case we look forward to hearing of your adventures.
Trekking Together
Glenn & Carol
As the new year begins, we look forward to getting out and hiking old and new trails throughout the year. In 2018 we hiked more times (90), more miles (465.3), more long hikes of 10+ miles or 4 hours (6) and our average miles per hike even surpassed our previous personal best too. We traveled out to Wyoming to visit our daughter and got to hike in the Snowy Mountains again and we checked off another of Oregon's 7 Wonders when we visited and hiked at Smith Rock State Park.
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| Snowy Mountains |
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| Smith Rock State Park |
On January 1 we hiked at Touvelle State Park. The trail took us along the Rogue River and Little Butte Creek. Then we did a quick 1 hour hike at the Jacksonville Woodland Trails one day after Glenn got off work. We basically hiked till it was dark which comes early this time of year.
Today we hiked at Prescott Park as we tried to get a hike in before some winter storms arrived. As we hiked the Manzanita Trail up to the top of Roxy Ann, the wind preceding the storms hit and it felt like we were hiking at the coast. Needless to say, we did not stop and take many pictures for fear of being blown off the trail or having a tree blown on top of us, but we did get one short of an old Oak tree along the Manzanita trail that didn't seem to mind the wind at all.
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| Old oak along the Manzanita trail at Prescott Park |
As the year goes on we hope to share our adventures with you and look forward to hearing your comments and questions. Hopefully you set a goal to get out and walk or hike in 2019. In which case we look forward to hearing of your adventures.
Trekking Together
Glenn & Carol
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