Tag: pacific northwest
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Suburban Nature Walk in Tigard, Oregon
Today I walked a short 1.8 miles from Dirksen Nature Park to the Tigard Public Library on the newly expanded Fanno Creek Trail. It was an unseasonably warm day, with highs reaching the upper 70s by early afternoon. The new trail fills in a number of gaps in the network and is a wonderful investment…
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Happy New Year!
New year, new name, new adventures! I began this blog in the spring of 2011 when I was living alone in the woods and looking for ways to share my writing and photography with others. At the time, I called myself The Perpetual Vagabond, as I was in constant motion — rarely living in any…
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Siouxon Creek Trail
In late June, 2020, I emerged from months of sheltering in place, due to the coronavirus pandemic, and ventured out into the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, in SW Washington State. It was a beautiful, sunny, 80 degree day, with a light breeze. The forest service road to the trail head was mostly paved, but full…
Walking As a Way of Knowing 