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Oregon Birthday – Dorris Ranch

  • Start date: 02/13/2018

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 02/13/2018

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

Departure Place: Doris Ranch . Parking lot by the bathrooms. Mileage could vary from 6 - 8 miles.
Celebrating Oregon’s birthday a day early, we will look for the Oregon state symbols at Dorris Ranch, Middle Fork Trail, Willamette Heights Park, Cemetery Park, downtown Springfield. Optional: lunch stop before heading back to the cars. Bring an interesting trivia question about Oregon. This is the 3rd Birthday hike. Email if you have questions: jbjacobsen@comcast.net

  • 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: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2018

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Appropriate layered clothing, water, Oregon trivia fact.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 8

  • Member Fees: 1

  • Elevation Gain: 300

  • Non-Member Fees: 2

  • Committee: Trips

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

We celebrated Oregon's birthday a day early with sunny weather. A fortuitous decision since the next day it rained. Our 7.8 mile loop hike started at Doris Ranch with stops at Willamette Heights Park, the Simpson Mural and the Oregon Trail Mural. We then continued our loop on the Mill Race and Middle Fork Path. Everyone was asked to bring an Oregon trivia fact or question which we shared at various sunny stops along the way. We learned a lot and had plenty of laughs. What is the state soil? Jory soil. The third annual birthday trip took 3 hours.