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Columbia River Gorge with Hayden

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Hayden and I made a trip down to the Gorge and explored a little. We saw the Vista House, hiked the Oneonta-Ponytail Falls Loop, rode our bikes in the Mosier tunnels, drove up Stacker Butte in the Columbia Hills, visited Horsethief Butte, and climbed Beacon Rock. Where else can a father and son get away and get to see and do so many cool things? »Read More

Ancient Lake Overnight

On Friday the 22nd of April 2011, I drove to Eastern Washington after work to do a micro backpacking trip at Ancient Lake near Quincy. Ancient Lake is about 20 miles or so from the Gorge Amphitheater.

The trail itself is only a couple miles and its a good thing because I didn’t arrive until almost sunset. I packed a couple duraflame logs in for a fire and my neighbors decided to join me since it was getting cold quickly. I used the darkness to practice some night photography of the stars. I see that I still need to work on my technique and figure out the best camera settings, but it wasn’t all bad.
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Klickitat Rail Trail and Labyrinth Trail

On April 9th, Paul Dutky, Isaac Sun and myself drove down to the Gorge to do a short hike and a bike ride the next day. We met up with fellow PWC club member Kevin Koski at the Labyrinth Trailhead and hiked a short 4 or 5 mile loop before heading to camp. The next day (April 10th) we got up and Kevin was gracious enough to provide a shuttle service for us so we could ride our bikes back to the car. The rail trail was really fun and we were the only people in the Swale Canyon portion of the trip. The Klickitat Canyon Portion of the trail was scenic but I preferred the Swale Canyon area better because it was smoother and the downhill grade was slightly steeper requiring less pedaling. The Klickitat portion was very rough and took a lot of work to get through. All in all we had a great time and I highly recommend riding this trail some time. Mileage was a little over 28 miles on dirt mostly and about 1500 feet elevation loss.

Klickitat Trail Conservancy website
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