September 14th Hike Of Angel's Rest

Brenda, Bogie and I headed down to Coos Bay Oregon last weekend to participate in the Steve Prefontaine Memorial Run. It's quite a drive for a long weekend excursion, so we stopped just outside of Portland for a quick hike.

 

There really are not that many hiking options I found in my two hiking books along I5 in Oregon and Angel's Rest is only reasonable one that allows dogs on the trail.

 Still, you certainly cannot complain about the view and this hike was just about perfect for break in the 7 hour drive to Coos Bay.

Here you can see Brenda and Bogie posing with the Columbia River in the background.

Sunday Hike At Perry Creek

This hike was profiled in this months Washington Trails  magazine as a pretty fall hike. The leaves were just beginning to turn and it is sad to report that my camera didn't capture the beauty of this hike. I have to find an alternate camera for cloudy days.

On our way up, Bogie found a few nice watering holes. It turned out that I didn't need to bring as much water as we did but better safe than sorry!

Our first view point came right before the meadow. There was an old campfire there from someone's overnight stay. I'm not too shy to say I'm a little bit jealous of those folks, waking up in the morning to this view!

Descending down into the meadow, you can see bogie just beginning to roll into the sweet meadow grass.

We enjoyed a quick lunch but it was very chilly on top and we didn't prepare for that, so back down again for the alternate view of the trail!

Here you can see that our legs were getting a little "punchy" on the way back down through some of the rocky parts.

How sweet, bogie is offering to drive us home, decided to let him sleep in the back seat instead.

Saturday Hike Of Mount Dickerman - 2012

Here are some pictures from the Mount Dickerman hike that Bogie and I enjoyed today.

Introducing Brenda To The Big Four Ice Caves

I mentioned in the previous post about our Saturday goal for some relaxing, low stress hikes off of Mountain Loop Highway. The Big Four Ice Caves has always been a pleasant, low impact trail and Saturday was no different.

 

Give you a little bit of the idea of the size of the glacier with Brenda standing there.

Brenda looking down at us as I take Bogie down to the crystal clear stream for his routine cool off soak and casual drink.

Bogie did pretty well on this bridge this time. If you have seen the Big Four Ice Cave posts from previous years, you know that he really really doesn't like this bridge!

Saturday Hike At Barlow Peak

The best hiking weather of the season is upon us and we decided to head out for a couple hike off of Mountain Loop Highway up north. Just a little over three weeks after her surgery, didn't want to attempt anything too long. The combination of Barlow Point and the Ice Caves seemed perfect!

Bogie having a relaxing sit down in the shade at the top.

Having a little fun with our collection of USBank water bottles we picked up on our Washington DC trip earlier in the year.