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Hiking: Avenue of the Trees

Victor Lazlo — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:55:04 -0700

I find myself in Portland a handful of times a year to visit family and friends. One of the places that I've always wanted to visit was Forest Park. It's name is appropriate given that it is over twenty miles long and completely forested. There are a number of trail heads and offshoots from the primary trail named the Wildwood Trail.

The life of bird watchers

Victor Lazlo — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:38:11 -0700

About a month ago we put our names on the list for a free bird watching tour at Discovery Park. All we had to do was show up at 8 a.m. a few Saturdays from then. So, show up we did. We had no idea what to expect, but besides the park ranger, Dan, we were the youngest in the group by at least a couple generations. We started by learning each other's names and describing our level of experience. About half of the group were very involved with "birding" and were friends with our host guides.

The fall colors of Forest Park

Victor Lazlo — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:01:22 -0600

Every time I come to P-town I look to see Forest Park cascading across the ridge of the west hills. This time it was mandatory. Fall was in full color and it had been warm for days on end with no signs of shifting. We drove up Burnside. I mean all the way up Burnside, until it stopped being Burnside. Deb left us the map guides to Forest Park, and you must be armed with these maps if you are to navigate the extensive trail system or even find your trail head. Even with the maps, we passed ours and had to turn back to relocated it.