Our walking adventures

With so many parks and trails,  it's so much fun to go out and explore.  Last week, before Brandon's doctor appointment (more on that later), Amelia and I decided to try out Tryon Creek State Park.  The Lewis & Clark campus is on the border of the park, which means it's super close to our house.

After living in Alaska for so long, I've grown accustomed to being very alert and somewhat reticent of going for walks in the woods because of moose, bear, etc.  I pulled up to the visitors center and noticed right away that the trails are very well groomed.  I started out on the main trail, still a little nervous....until I looked to my left and saw a woman in her 80s using a walker.  No. joke.  These Oregonians are serious about their exercise!? Unfortunately I didn't snap a picture of her. I think I was in shock.  Here we are at the beginning of the trail.  She was happy to look up at all the pretty green:

And here's my sad attempt at a self-portait:

We also recently discovered George Rogers Park which is close to our house as well.  It is a park of different levels, if you will.   There are three different sections of the park that eventually lead you down to the river.  The top has a baseball field, soccer field and playground (with lots of toys left for kids in the sand).  The middle has a gazebo type thing with an open field, and the bottom has a huge iron oven, field, flowers and steps to the river.  We loved it!

Here's the river where you can feed the ducks:

And here's Amelia, just chillin.

We had a good time and are looking forward to more and more discoveries!