Who needs to hug a tree when you can become one with the tree! Once inside the tree, you can look up and see the sky. It was amazing.
Tyron Creek State Park is a 645 acre park in Southwest Portland between Boones Ferry Road and Terwilliger Blvd. This area was heavily logged in the late 1800s but has since returned as a beautiful natural area with big alders, doug firs, red cedars and big leaf maples. The big trees are great habitat for many species of birds.
This is a great park for people with little kids. If you visit the visitor's center, they have back packs for the kids to use in the park. Inside the back pack there are fun nature activities, a book about nature, flash cards about what they can see in the park, etc. All you need to do is leave a deposit, which I think is only $2.
I loved seeing all the toddlers running through the park with their parents. They are so cute, arms flying about as they run and squeal with delight. I actually tried it out myself. No really! I did. The picture below proves it. I felt like Phoebe in Friends when she took up running in Central Park.
Well, that makes 10 hikes, 40 to go!
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