4.2 miles of hiking • 500' elevation gain •
Another mid week de-stressing hike. Thank goodness the quarter is over today! This is a very nice area for a leisurely after work hike although the summer weather brought out plenty of people. There were many kids playing in Lacamas Creek but we found some solitude on the southern portion of the park! The smell of the exposed algae from the low water at Lacamas Creek smelled pretty bad, like a dirty aquarium, and wasn't very nice to be around. The waterfalls were devoid of water flow and people were climbing all over the exposed rocks. This park is much more appealing when there is plenty of water and in bad weather when devoid of people. However, it was still nice to get some fresh air!
Thankfully, and as of this writing, the tough quarter at work is over and were hoping to spend a majority of the summer hiking (assuming the heat and fires don't hamper our plans)!
