2019 HIking Recap

December 31 ,2019

Well 2019 is coming to a close and in regards to hiking, it has been a busy and exciting year for us.  We finished the year with more than 100 hikes for over 500 miles - both new personal bests for us.  We also hiked for over 63 miles in one month (March) and did more long distance hikes than any other year.

Fly Agaric mushroom along the trails at Cathedral Hills Park

Butterfly at Elk Creek Trail

Leaf covered trail at the Enchanted Forest in Autumn

Little Hyatt Lake along the PCT

Caterpillar on the Grizzly Peak trail

Tunnel along the Sterling Mine Ditch Trail

Falls at Woodruff Bridge in the Union Creek area

We also went camping and hiking at Alfred A Loeb SP, Bullards Beach SP, and Carl Washburne SP which included a visit to the Cape Perpetua Scenic Area, one of our favorite coastal trail systems.

The Redwoods at Alfred A Loeb SP

Muddy Lake at the New River Trail System near Bandon

Hiking the OCT near Heceta Head

We did do a number of new hikes this year which included a first time visit to the Spence Mountain Trail System in Klamath Falls.  They have a number of new trail systems and trails in Klamath Falls and we hope to get back there in 2020 to hike a few of the new trails just completed this year.

View of Klamath Lake from the Shoalwater Trail @ Spence Mountain Trail System

 We hope you had a chance to get out and hike and enjoy all the beauty of nature.  Hope you will continue to follow along with us as we hike in 2020.  Happy New Year.

Trekking Together,
Glenn & Carol (and Katie)

One tired dog after 500+ miles of hiking!

Postcards from Valley of the Rogue State Park

October 18, 2019

With Autumn in full swing here in Southern Oregon, we headed over to nearby Valley of the Rogue State Park after work to take in more sights while doing a quick hike.  If you don't like hiking or don't have a lot of time to walk, Valley of the Rogue State Park offers free day use parking and has a paved bike path and nice 1 mile trail along the Rogue River where you walk and enjoy the outdoors.  Click on the link above to access the trail and park maps. Our hike today went through the camping loops, along the Rivers Edge trail, and along some of the bike path for 3.2 miles.  Give it a try sometime and if you have time now, get there before the Autumn colors are gone.  Check out our "postcards" from today's outing.

Trekking Together
Glenn and Carol

Along the Rivers Edge trail

View of hills across the I-5 

Campground loop

More campground loop Autumn color

One of the trees that has shed all it's leaves already

One of our favorite large Autumn yellow trees in the park

Elk Creek Trail

October 13, 2019

It has been a while since we last posted a hike, but we have definitely been out hiking a lot.  We crossed the 400 mile mark a few weeks ago and are now on track to hit 500+ miles by the end of the year.  A lot of our hikes have been familar local ones over the last month or two, but since it is Autumn, we had to post some pictures of our most recent hike of the Elk Creek Trail which we did this past Sunday.

Time for another great Autumn hike!

We have a listing of our favorite trails or places to hike for Autumn and try to get in as many hikes as possible at this time of year to take the beauty that is Autumn.  Elk Creek is one of those trail and it was a nice 8 mile hike by vast meadows now turned to Autumn colors with many trees doing the same.  Blue sky, sunshine, beautiful day!

Elk Creek at the first side trail.

One of many meadows now turning to Autumn colors

We took a break at the 7 Mile Bend area along Elk Creek which was our turnaround point, but Katie was not allowed to take a plunge into the creek due to having had a bath recently.  

View along the Elk Creek trail - an old paved road.

On our return trip we stopped by a few of the apple trees along the trail and picked a dozen or so to take home --- they were small, but delicious!  A nice way to finish off a great hike in Autumn.

Small but very delicious apples for the picking!

Trekking Together
Glenn & Carol