Molalla River State Park

Carolwood, Sexton Mountain and Beyond

My route for today - 3.8 mi.

Walking is still the only time when I'm comfortable. However, I'm getting slower and slower. At least I have the camera for an excuse.

Yellow Maple Leaves - Wilson Ave

Orange Gazanias - Corner of Barlow Rd & Barlow Ct.

Pale Pink Rosebud - Corner of Barlow Rd & Barlow Ct.

Large Pale Pink Rose

Yellow Roses

Walking along Barlow Rd near 141st.

Golden Maple Leaves - Barlow Rd

Japanese Maple Leaves - Barlow Rd.

Another Japanese Maple Leaf

Red vs. Green

Canna (?) - 142nd Ave

Honey Locust - Gleditsia triacanthos - 142nd Ave

Japanese Dogwood - Cornus kousa - SW 27th

The pink fruits on these dogwood trees are so strange to me.

Yellow Maple Leaves - SW Tierra del Mar Dr.

Tree Spirit - Circle off SW Dunsmuir Ln.

Pink Honeysuckle - Lonicera sp. - Carolwood Park

Pampas Grass - Cortaderia selloana - Sexton Mountain Dr

Blackberry - Sexton Mountain Dr

Looking southwest on Sexton Mountain Dr

Same view a bit closer

Yellow & Orange Daisy - SW Gearhart Dr

Ginkgo - Ginkgo Biloba - SW Gearhart Dr

More Ginkgo Leaves

Camelia (?) - SW Gearhart Dr

Birch Bark - SW Gearhart Dr

The birch tree

Interesting Sculpture - Couple & Dog with Umbrella - SW Telluride Terrace

Vine Maple - Acer circinatum - Hyland Forest Park

Sword Fern - Polystichum munitum - Hyland Forest Park

Unidentified Pink Flowers - SW 24th St

Another view - single flower

Freaky Ferns and Fungus in Forest Park

My route though Forest Park - 6.6mi

I planned to meet Aaron at the Saltzman road entrance. He got stuck in a meeting though, so I decided to start without him. I figured I'd walk slowly and take lots of pictures and he could catch up.

Fungus near the Saltzman road gate.

I went down firelane 5, but parked my truck in the direction of Saltzman. I figured Aaron would start that way, and meet up with me on Wildwood trail.

He did go down Saltzman, but walked all the way down to Leif Erikson - so we ended up hiking the loop in opposite directions.

Banana Slug

Not sure if this is the regular Pacific Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus) or if it's the Slender Banana Slug (Ariolimax dolichophallus)

Unidentified Mushroom

Very similar to the one I saw in Tualatin Hills nature park on Monday.

Backside of an old trillium.

Trillium ovatum starts out white but turns purple as it ages. It's very pretty

Another old trillium

The forest is just full of trilliums this time of year. They're everywhere along the path.

Unidentified fern on firelane 5

Sword Fern - Polystichum munitum

Norhern Maidenhair Fern - Adiantum pedatum

I just love these delicate ferns with their distinctive blue stems.

Here's another maidenhair starting to unfurl.

Unidentified fern on Wildwood trail.

Another unidentified fern on Wildwood trail.

This one looks very similar to the last, but with dark brown hairs.

Unidentified Mushroom

Magnificient Moss - Plagiomnium venustum

It really is magnificient!

Wildwood trail, east of Saltzman Rd.