3.8 miles of hiking • 500' elevation gain •
Originally had plans to hike on Saturday with a friend, but she canceled on me last minute so I ended up sleeping in on Saturday and wasting a beautiful day.
To make up for it on Sunday, Zane and I got an early start from Portland to try to beat the crowds that would surely be heading to Mt. Hood on a bluebird day. Our objective was an easy stroll to Tamanawas Falls, with a plan to maybe try to hit one more trail afterwards. Parking was easy when we arrived, but we quickly realized it was going to be a huge struggle to park and hit anywhere else for the day. After our easy achievement with microspikes, we hit up Bunsenbrewer in Sandy for one beer, then headed home. The rare sun of the day zapped us of all energy, and a long nap was had when we arrived home even though we barely felt we got in a hike with such a short approach. Hence, me being up late now writing about it. Spent the evening pouring over posts of Hood and Helen's climbs, and kind of sad I only did a short hike this weekend with the beautiful weather.
