Hardesty Trail

We may be very lucky here in Oregon and have a fabulous Spring! I'm always ready for Summer, so I'll take any sunshine I can get. I knew it was supposed to be nice this weekend, so I decided that we'd get some hiking in. Jamie has been sick for a week now and needed some fresh air, the dogs don't like the rain so they get cooped up in the house, and Makena always needs to get outside more.

We have hundreds of beautiful parks in the Portland Metro area, so we don't really have to travel far. We decided to start off at the Upper Springville trail in Forest Park. Somebody (possibly me) forgot the map, so I took pictures of the trail markers just in case. I took pictures of everything else too, of course.

Many parts of the trails were still wet and muddy.

Moxie needed a water break.

I've mentioned it before, but Makena is not fond of the outdoors or any sort of physical activity. So getting her out hiking always takes some talking in to. But she usually goes along with it in the end to make me happy. (She's such a good daughter.) We just take breaks as often as she needs them.

And most of the time, the rest of us are ready for a break too.

We walked a couple of miles before returning to the truck. I asked Makena if she was up for another hike tomorrow and I got "the look". Maybe we'll wait until next weekend.