About 3.5 miles with another .5 miles of geocaching wandering around in the woods.
We had to go down to Corvallis to transfer keys to our new tenants on Saturday. On our way back we looked at the navigation system map to find a nice park to go for a hike. We found this park that is just minutes off of I-5 in Wilsonville.
It was a wonderful find. It is an amazing park along the Willamette river. It had the most exciting play area for kids that I have seen in a long time. There was a giant rubberized mountain with a slide on one side. See the picture below. I can imagine all of the hours of "King of the Mountain" that have been played here. I also loved the geodesic dome climbing structure. Ken enjoyed climbing to the top.
After playing for a while, we started on our actual hike. There were miles of hiking trails in the park and along the river. It was nearing dusk but we were able to get some really nice pictures of the river. The green sign on the post in the bottom picture indicated the level the river reached during the 1996 flood. Can you imagine that!
Near the end of our hike, we did a couple of geocaches. We found one of the best geocaches I have ever searched for. It was titled "A Bear ate my lunch" . We found the bear geocache in a hollowed out tree. It was so cute that I had to take a photo.
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| Isn't he adorable. He was tucked away in the tree hollow. |
when you go back to corvallis you should go to... marys peak. ive never been but i guess you can sometimes see the ocean from on top of the peak
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