This past Sunday was like any other Sunday in Winter in Oregon.  Kind of a dreary, slow moving morning.  I had to work at Noon and so that short span of time I have from 9-11 Am is tough to get much done that allows me and the kids any Fun!  But the sky cleared and as I peered out from my morning 3rd cup I remembered Forest Park.   The Nations second largest City Park was less than a 5 minute drive form my home here in Bethany, Oregon.  My youngest son was out the door even before I could say “Lets go for a hike….”.  And so out we went.

A canteen of water and a PBJ sandwich in hand we hit the car.  A short drive up through the magical mile that is Germantown Road and we were in the deep canopy of Douglas Fir Trees that dominate the Tualatin Mountains.  We went into the west part fo the Park off of NW Skyline and NW Germantown Road and parked at the West trail head extension of the Wildwood trail.  The air was crisp, the the sky blue, the trail well blazed and off we went.  My companion and I than proceeded to spend 2 very special hours together winding our way through a series of steep ravines and valleys under majestic Fir, Cedar, Hundred Year Old Maple which were just starting to wake up from their Winter Nap.   We found stream beds and side trails…saw some birds and squirrels and just had a great time.  This was a lot of fun and also a very easy Hike.  If you have not seen Forest Park or been in it ….you simply must.  It is right above the City of Portland and it stretches for miles to the West.  One of the best parks in America.  We had a great time and Lunch at the trails end never tasted so good.  Just a quick trip and we had a great time.  Here are the pics of that most fun day trip: