Trail Sign
Today we had the day to ourselves – well, just me and the dog. This is a rarity, so not to dilly-dally the day away, we got up, got packing and headed out for a hike in Forest Park.
After stumbling upon a handy review of trails in the area from Portland Monthly Magazine, we decided to take a trek up Wildwood trail – just to try out something new, not to mention get out of the house on a perfect hiking type of morning.
Starting off from the Vietnam War Memorial, we set off on the trail that boasted a good 40 miles in length. We weren’t being overly ambitious on the 4o miles – I was thinking somewhere in the ballpark of five miles or so would do the trick.
Kooper Hiking in the Park
The trail hit other trails in the park and we ended up doing a ‘tree’ route — from Cherry trail, to Maple trail, to Walnut trail and back over to Wildwood trail – it offered a nice shady and hilly hike through the park.
Lots of dogs with their people were also meandering through the miles of trails, so we were right at home on a cloudy, cool morning – perfect for hiking, by the way.
After about an hour of constant trudging, Koop had about enough – as seen in his over-dramatic tongue-out-of-the-mouth picture to the right.
He can be quite a sissy sometimes, not sure where he got that from, by the way. Surely wasn’t from my side of the family.
Hiking Along the Wildwood Trail
What’s great is that there are so many more trails up there to explore – and so many more months of nice weather to accomplish it. Hiking is just such a great way to get outside and clear the head a bit. So get out there. You’ll thank yourself mid-week as you’re sitting in your office, staring out the window, and wishing you were hiking instead. And your dog will thank you too.
