Pittock Mansion

Today is a hiking day. The area around Portland is very lush, a lot like the area around Vancouver, with lots of big houses and some hiking trails. The place where we were headed was called Macleay Park, par of Forest Park. Mum found a hike that was about 5 miles round trip. We packed up our lunches and set out on our way. It took us a while to get where we needed to be and even longer to find a parking spot near the trail head. By the time we parked, it was nearly noon but we decided to do some hiking before we stopped for lunch. The first part of the hike was mostly flat

and it followed along the edge of a stream. After a little less than a mile, the trail veered off the stream and continued up the side of the hill on our left. We stopped at the end of the river path to sit and eat out lunches before continuing on up the hill. I lagged behind a little the rest of the way because my head had started to hurt, so I didn’t feel up to walking as fas as the others. Our destination at the end of the trail was a mansion overlooking the city of Portland that had once belonged to Henry Pittock, who was a newspaper publisher and a businessman at the turn of the 20th century. The Pittock Mansion

was built over five years from 1909-1914. There were tours of the house available but we had the dog so we opted just to walk around the grounds, which were quite large. Apparently, on a clear day, you can see all the way to Mount St. Helens from the back of the grounds, but since it was pretty cloudy while we were there, we weren’t able to partake in that view. After we finished looking around, we headed back down the hill to the car. the whole hike took us a few hours and we left the park at around 4:00pm and managed to get back to the campground without much trouble from rush hour traffic. We ate dinner back at the trailer before the other three went off to the hot tub. I didn’t really want to go since I was tired, so I went to bed after I ate. Peace out m8s.

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