We had been itching to get out to pick some apples and take a drive through Hood River and the abundance of orchards therein. Tim chose a hike in the Mt. Hood Wilderness to hit up on the way home. Here is the link to the hike we chose.
There are several lakes along this hike, and you can make it a 2 mile or an 11 miler!
For some reason the directions on the Portland Hikers Field guide seem a bit off to me, but we will have to take that approach next time. We followed the directions from the USDA.gov website here (same directions that were in our book)
I cannot recall the name of the orchard we stopped by, you pass so many on your way out of Hood River, these are granny smith apples and they were delicious! Tim made a crisp.
On to the trail, cold and cloudy day, very mossy woods, we saw an elk, and lots of large mammal scat!
Chloe taking in North Lake and all her wonder.
Windy rainy day, just beautiful.
The clouds came out and played magical tricks around the sun on the drive back down the hill, we saw a few bald eagles but couldn't get a good shot of them. Oh well, sometimes its just as lovely to have the memory!
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