After a busy week there's nothing better to clear the head than some long walks in beautiful places. Since my parents were visiting we had to show them around Ashland Saturday afternoon, winding up at the Standing Stone Brewery for some delicious burgers and beer. Today we trekked a little farther north through the town of Merlin and on out to the Rogue River trail. Just like the name suggests, it's a trail that runs alongside the Rogue River, and if you wanted you could follow it for 40 miles until you hit Gold Beach and the coast. We weren't feeling quite that ambitious so we turned around at Rainie Falls, which at this water level was more of a longish rapid instead of a true waterfall. Here's a picture looking downstream at the beginning of the hike.
Let the forced march begin!
Cheesing it up with my folks at Rainie Falls.
The boys and me at the same spot.
While there were a number of people following the Rainie Falls trail on the opposite shore, we only passed one other couple on the cool side of the river. The trail head marks the beginning of the wild and scenic section and we look forward to revisiting the upstream portion when summer arrives (which in this corner of the world will be next month or so).
Let the forced march begin!
Cheesing it up with my folks at Rainie Falls.
The boys and me at the same spot.
While there were a number of people following the Rainie Falls trail on the opposite shore, we only passed one other couple on the cool side of the river. The trail head marks the beginning of the wild and scenic section and we look forward to revisiting the upstream portion when summer arrives (which in this corner of the world will be next month or so).
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