What I listened to in the car: Singing along to Axis of Awesome's 4 Chord Song. Things white people like include novelty bands, fo sho. Companions: Tumalo!
Trails hiked on: Fire lane 7, the Oil Line Road, Wildwood Trail and the Ridge Trail.
Miles hiked: 3.2 miles (1 hour and 25 minutes)
Unique miles hiked: 2.8 miles
Total challenge miles: 21.2 miles
Weather: Sunny and warm! Spring is in the air!
Amenities: Sometimes there are doggy bags, but I don't even think there is a trash can.
Notes:
It was a gorgeous day for a hike today! The weather has been unseasonably warm and sunny and spring is definitely springing. This is a nice trail head because there are so many options. A network of trails and access roads fan out from the parking lot on Springville Road and they all intersect with the Wildwood Trail, making getting lost pretty hard to do. I chose to go down the Oil Line Road and up the Ridge Trail.Much of the ridge that Firelane 7 goes along is covered in deciduous trees that are still bare. There were some pretty views of the industrial area. After getting down to the Wildwood trail there were some darker patches of cedar and fir trees. Spring is springing like crazy and in addition to new leaves of Indian Plum there was new growth of bedstraw and other forbes and even some leaves on the thimble berries! There were lots of birds out, too. In addition to some crows and a raven I heard a number of little winter wrens singing like crazy and a couple flocks of chickadees still in winter formation.
I'll be heading back to this trailhead a number of times because there are many other loops to be done here. Some of the trails even go down all the way to Leif Erikson for more loop options. Happy spring time!
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