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Groundhog Day

  • Start date: 02/02/2019

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 02/02/2019

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Meet at the Masonic Cemetery at 25th and University near the interpretive signs and gate—not at the Abbey. From there we will hike trails in the Cemetery, then on city streets to the Ribbon Trail, past the Obsidian Lodge and Hendricks Park. We will loop back by 19th & Agate and Hey Neighbor Pizza if not too early for lunch (optional)before we take a direct route back to our cars. Be prepared for a steady uphilll push for the first 30-40 minutes. Bathrooms at the Laurelwood Golf Course and Hendricks Park. Update: We will only do the hike once —not do it again as in the movie, Groundhog Day.

  • Event Leader: Janet Jacobsen

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-206-1251

  • Event Leader Email: jbjacobsen@comcast.net

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trips

  • Area Type: Urban

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2019

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Perhaps binocs for a closer observation of the groundhog or a trivia groundhog fact or your favorite scene from the movie.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 6.3

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 400

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

The snoozing elderly groundhog in a fallen log in the Masonic Cemetery went unnoticed while Obsidian hikers walked by. A replay was needed—Let’s walk by that log again. One hiker was bamboozled and hurried to find her camera. Since three hikers had never been to the cemetery, we took a quick tour of the historic gravestones and admired the bright snowdrops and crocuses. We missed finding Ruth and John Bascom Spencer Butte columnar basalt memorial gravestone only to find out that we were so close when we stopped at the Thomas Condon monument. From there it was a steady uphill push to the Ribbon Trail and Hendricks Park. By then Whitney’s rendition of the song, Where’s the Bathroom from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend had a sympathetic audience. Elizabeth Koch, a Hendricks Park volunteer, shared highlights of the Rhododendron Garden. After two hours of hiking, we were at Hey Neighbor Pizza when they turned on the OPEN sign at 11:00. With our glasses filled with water, we toasted our favorite groundhog and then ordered pizza. Groundhog trivia: young groundhogs are called chucklings.