Harry And The Hendersons / Wallace Falls

About Wednesday of this week, I decided (wet weather be damned) I was going to do some sort of hike this week. I had latched on to Barclay Lake and set off to do just that this Saturday morning. A dozen or so miles from the turnoff on Route 2, I noticed more snow than I expected. When I got to the 4.5 mile forest road that leads to the trailhead from Route 2, changed my mind. I have a 4x4 and I don’t completely suck using it but those forest roads can get a little funky. Snow, mud and weekend traffic can easily lead to slipping off the road and I just wasn’t in the mood to deal with that. Besides, Wallace Falls state park that I passed on the way has a big parking lot and that seemed an admirable “Plan B”.



Now I’ve passed the Sasquatch expresso stand and Zeke’s Drive In dozens of times the five + years I’ve been out here. Since they both were on the way as I backtracked to Wallace Falls, decided to stop into both.


I didn’t know there was a little dog walking trail at Sasquatch expresso, that there was a “Harry” wood statue on that path or that the area was were some of the movie “Harry and the Hendersons” was filmed.


Had heard that Zeke’s had awesome burgers and have seen lines outside the “walk up” window during the summer months. In fact, those lines are somewhat similar to the beloved Custard Cup in my hometown of Danville Illinois. The burger was pretty good, not awesome, but still yummy.



With the late start and early sundown (4:30 PM), we didn’t have much hiking time at Wallace Falls as I had hoped.





The river and streams were very active, it was wet and plenty of folks on the trail. Still, we had a nice hike and I was able to finish another book in the Dresden Files series on my iPhone!

First Accumulated Snow Of The Year - Measured By My Jack In The Box Antenna Ball

Sunday Afternoon At St Edwards State Park

The sun came out Sunday and decided to make a quick trip to St Ed, walks the trails and let the wonder dog take a quick dip into Lake Washington.

Bogie having some fun with new found friends.



All in all, a nice couple hours!

Some shots at The Sundial Bridge

Before consuming a great turkey dinner that Mike and Ruth put together, we went on a quick walk by the Sundial Bridge!

Whiskey Town Falls Wednesday and Brandy Falls On Friday

Went on a couple hikes in the Whiskey Town State Park in Redding and couldn't ask for better days for either of them.





The first was the Whiskey Town Falls trail and both dogs enjoyed the ride in Mike's truck bed to the trailhead.





My favorite of the two was the Brandy Creek Falls trail. In fact, I'd have to say it is my favorite of all the Whiskey Town hikes we have done in the last few years. It had a nice steady climb to the falls with a nice frosting of snow. The pictures I took of the falls themselves didn't turn out as good as I hoped though. Next visit perhaps!

Hecta Head Lighthouse

The only other sightseeing stop on Tuesday was the Hecta Head Lighthouse. The hiking guide called it "the most photographed lighthouse in Oregon" and it is easy to see why. The lighthouse was classic but I really enjoyed the short mile hike alongside the coast.

Da Snowy Oregon Coast

If I had my act together, I would have researched the best place to stay at our stopping point in Lincoln City. The next best thing is to blunder right into it and that is what we did.






I found a coupon for Looking Glass Inn and it looked just dandy on their web site. Turned out to be right on the beach, so we opted for a couple early morning walks there instead of the planned morning hike.

After our second walk, a seagull was relaxing on my snowflake dusted truck.