{"id":237,"date":"2024-12-04T01:58:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T01:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goatbells.blog\/?p=237"},"modified":"2024-12-04T01:58:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T01:58:43","slug":"cold-fog-for-urban-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goatbells.blog\/?p=237","title":{"rendered":"Cold fog for urban parks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I so wanted to hike Mary’s Peak, or even North Fork Middle Fork Willamette, but once again the weather wouldn’t cooperate – freezing fog, 30 degrees and no sun … My backup hike was ice too (if starting early). Second backup was to just walk out the front door and hike as much as possible on walking paths in city parks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cold, foggy day … perfect for an urban hike (>10 miles with a pack)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Route<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Basically, started and ended at Oakway Shopping – Trader Joes. Covered Pre’s Trails<\/a> to maximize bark dust walking – did the large loop 2x; then went through UofO campus to Hendricks Park<\/a> and onto the Ridgeway Trail <\/a>system and then back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traffic noise was no worse than Mt Pisgah<\/a> and the structural landscape bombs less (except the section through University). The fog helped keep things quieter, and human traffic on any of the trails was miminum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Friends along the way<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After taking an urban hike rather than wilderness, sometimes friends show up regardless. I met a family of 3 deer who were not concerned at all about a human. A pileated woodpecker<\/a> made itself known first with its distinctive call <\/a>and then its bobbing red head. Great blue herons were thick along the mill race waterway – some hunting and some avoiding the cold water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 Deer<\/p>\n\n\n\n