Old Salmon River Hike

One of the first weekends we were in our new town,  we found our 1st hike, the Old Salmon River Trail.  

A hike in the city, you ask?  How?  Well, first you have to drive out of the city!

We drove over a bridge in Portland, which allowed us this view, of another bridge being built.  James was amazed at how they were building this bridge.  That's a section of it, but it's not connected to land or any other part of the bridge for that matter.  

Finally we got on the trail.  Now we're back into comfortable territory.  

This trail had so many bridges, Taylor renamed it, Bridge Trail.

It's a lush trail that follows the river for quite awhile. 

When we were near the river, we could feel it's cool, refreshing breeze.  We could also hear it's rumbling current.  It was awesome!

 I think this is bridge #4 that we crossed.

 Number 5,

number 6,

 And number 7!  

James doing some exploring. 

When we were away from the river it became warm and somewhat humid,

 so as soon as we saw the river again...

the kids wet their faces, head and neck with cold river water.  Oh, so refreshing!

 They had to do a little exploring around the river rocks too.

 The Salmon River.

 Making discoveries on the trail. 

Stairs on a trail.  

In the end we didn't make it to the end of the trail.  I don't know how long it the hike is supposed to be.  We ended up with almost 5 miles of hiking though.  

Another great hike.  Another beautiful spot on our planet.  Another new place discovered.  And another day spent with family.  What more could you ask for?