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Goodbye Ocean....Hello Mt Hood

Mt. Hood Village, OR - part of the Scenic Mt. Hood Byway


Timothy Lake


Leaving the ocean behind we headed into the dense green of the Mount Hood area to enjoy late summer temps great hiking & mountain biking and beautiful crisp starry nights.



**We were super fortunate to be here before the forest fires got bad. Shortly after we left many of these areas were closed.


 

On Sept 1 Jordan officially retired! We held a celebratory picnic on the deck with my brother Kevin and his wife Heidi that live in Portland.


 


Ducks, Ducks and more Ducks!


I never knew there were so many types of ducks! Had so much fun sitting on the river banks watching them as well as hiking with my tripod. Ducks I saw while here: Harlequin, Mallard, Barrow's Goldeneye and Common Merganser.




How do you identify the different types of birds you photograph? I love using the phone app Merlin. I put in the location and date and it will bring up the ones in that area. It also allows me to load in a photograph and it helps me figure out what it is!



Beautiful Mirror Lake with Mt. Hood reflection


Our Favorite Things

  1. Ramona Falls - Beautiful quintessential Oregon super green hike to waterfall.

  2. Mirror Lake - Hike to wonderful view of Mt Hood with reflection in the lake. If you trying to catch sunset reflection be sure to have headlamp/flashlight for return hike out since it gets really dark fast!

  3. Wildwood Recreation Site - Really pretty nature preserve; beautiful birds, trails and access to Salmon River.

  4. Mt. Biking - Trails everywhere around this area! One we did and enjoyed (although I was somewhat white-knuckled on occasion) was Timberline to Town.

  5. Timothy Lake - We hiked and biked around this lake and loved it.

  6. Old Salmon River trail - Nice trail along the river with places you can plop down and wonderful green foliage all around you as well as swimming holes to cool off.

  7. Mt. Hood Outfitters - We had been researching bikes and were able to rent the ones we liked from this place. Ended up buying a couple of those rentals as the rental season ended and they put them on sale which worked out great for us.



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