Saturday, August 12, 2006

Walking with kids in Oregon

I took the little ones around Sauvie Island today and found a great new hike thanks to the Best Hikes with Children in Central and Western Oregon. The book is a handy resource. Not only does it select hikes based on distance and difficulty, but also on the time to which you get a reward (waterfall, view, dip in pond, etc). We visited a trail with blackberry bushes along the length, oak groves and then a beautiful lakeside rock beach with views of mountains. Quite nice. The book sent us to Todd Lake when we were in Bend, that was one of the prettiest spots I have yet seen in Oregon. And it is all the more amazing that Todd Lake is only about an hour from Smith Rock, which looks like it could be in Utah.

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