Forest Park Hike

Took a break from Haiti preperations for a hike in Forest Park.  Forest Park is known for being the largest forest reserve within city limits in the country.  (Not be be outdone,  they also have the smallest park in the country as well, but this one isn't a very good hiking spot.


Hailstone!



Can you see the harp in the window?



In typical Portland style, the day was clear and sunny when I left, started to rain while I was on the road, overcast when I got to the parking lot, and started to hail about fifteen minutes into the hike.  The hailstones were a good few centemeters in diameter, unfortunatly we were not able to get a good picture of one before it melted.

Pitcock Mansion

 I was hiking with a new friend, Casey, who is also studying wildlife and has most of his labs in places like this.  He was able to point out most of the different plants that we saw, let me know which ones are edible and which ones will sting (and demonstrated thier stinging properties over my protests).  He also pointed out the types of birds that we saw, although having only seen a robin, his skills in that areas were not quite as impressive. 

A mysterious stone structure

A doorway becons..

Me in the mysterious stone structure

Casey investigating the moss

The view of Portland from the top