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So, on Saturday I went to a park (Champoeg State Park, as it happens, because I've been there before) and took pictures. And I imagine by now you were half-anticipating that none of them came out, since usually I shove my pictures up very quickly and make everyone look at them. :) Nope! This time, it was just a case of Laura being distracted by other things (like books). The photos, they are here now. This is all in a relatively small area of the park. It has a lot of amenities, features, and history that I'm sorry to say, most days I don't care about.
Today I went walking at Tryon Creek State Park, which unlike Champoeg, doesn't have a day-use fee. I've never been there before, but I'll go back. It's a nicer park, for my interests, with a lot of trails. Alas, it's also easily accessible and near downtown, so it's busier, but...it's gorgeous all the same. Anyway. This is about Champoeg, I'll say more about Tryon Creek later (after I've gone through those photos).
Here are the best shots from Saturday (as usual, click thumb for full-size). First, a bird I saw in the parking lot. He's obviously used to stupid humans, since he let me wander around and take several shots. Fortunate, since this was one of the last shots I took. Even with his tolerance, I didn't try to get in really close. I'm wondering now if he'd have let me.
Then we have the walk along the trail, which I'll mostly let speak for itself:
The last one, I will note, is worth seeing in the larger size for the water droplets gathered on it.
I didn't reverse the trail; I walked along the upper car/bike routes back to the parking lot. Which is where this final shot comes from:
Today I went walking at Tryon Creek State Park, which unlike Champoeg, doesn't have a day-use fee. I've never been there before, but I'll go back. It's a nicer park, for my interests, with a lot of trails. Alas, it's also easily accessible and near downtown, so it's busier, but...it's gorgeous all the same. Anyway. This is about Champoeg, I'll say more about Tryon Creek later (after I've gone through those photos).
Here are the best shots from Saturday (as usual, click thumb for full-size). First, a bird I saw in the parking lot. He's obviously used to stupid humans, since he let me wander around and take several shots. Fortunate, since this was one of the last shots I took. Even with his tolerance, I didn't try to get in really close. I'm wondering now if he'd have let me.
Then we have the walk along the trail, which I'll mostly let speak for itself:
The last one, I will note, is worth seeing in the larger size for the water droplets gathered on it.
I didn't reverse the trail; I walked along the upper car/bike routes back to the parking lot. Which is where this final shot comes from:
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