The Crooked River

Looking downriver at Smith Rock State Park

August 18th 2016
Geo: 44.2728, -121.173After our 13 miles of pretty exhausting hiking the day before, we checked out of the lodge on Thursday morning and drove on to our next destination, Redmond, Oregon, and what we thought would be a fairly short, easier hike in the nearby Smith Rock State Park. Smith Rock is a rugged section of an ancient volcanic caldera that is billed as one of Oregon's se ... read more

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Anne & Lee

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Anne and I started our hiking trips back in 2001 and have managed to get two or three trips in each year since. Most of the trips were part of our quest to hike in all of the US National Parks, a quest we completed in 2015 with our trip to Alaska and the Gates of the Arctic and Kobuk Valley parks. At that time there were 59 parks. Since 2015 we have revisited some of our favorite areas and those have been blogged as well. Additionally, along the way we’ve taken a couple of trips to Canada where we hiked in most, if not all, of the Canadian National Parks in the Rocky Mountains. And then ... full info

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