Approximately 3 miles including a round of disc golf
Stub Stewart State Park is 31 miles west of Portland. Take Highway 26 almost to Vernonia. Turn North on Highway 47 about 5-7 miles. The park is named after Loran "Stub" Stewart who served for nearly 40 years on the State Parks and Recreation Advisory. He was a timber and lumber company owner. At one time he employed more than 2,000 people.
The park has many trails for both humans and horses. It also has a couple of campgrounds. It has a cute Mountain Dale Cabin Village with approximately cute little cabins with electricity.
This was my first hike this year where I could smell fall. I love the smell of the cottonwoods in the fall. The odor is very unique and calming...very earthy. The day was a little cloudy but the leaves had not begun to turn color.
While hiking we came across the little guy below. I believe he was a garter snake but not really sure. He was a little cold and therefore slow moving so we were able to get his picture. He was a long snake about 2 feet in length. A little longer than I am used to seeing.
After hiking we decided to play a little disc golf. The course is very challenging. It is in amongst the trees and often you can not see the basket from the tee area. It was quite amusing because I felt like I was playing pin ball. The disk would hit one tree and bounce to the next. Amazingly I was getting par about every other basket.
It was a good day for a hike and golf and that makes 13/50.
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