I brought along my walking shoes to church, and after the meetings, my husband and I took a short trip out to Shevlin Park.
Shevlin is to the northwest, and in a long ravine. The land was donated by a logging company, as it wasn't profitable for anything else. The road down to Fremont Meadow was closed off, but we found a parking spot near the gate. We walked past the pit toilets (I didn't have to clean them this year!) down the slope past the picnic pavilion and over to the Tumalo Creek path.
For all cars that were parked, there were few people, probably because there are so many areas to walk at in the park. The aspens were pretty bare, but there were plenty of green pine and fir trees and plenty of yellow-leafed bushes. We walked on the path, that like other paths in the Parks, was marked by a small grain of grey gravel/sand. Tumalo Creek was full, probably due to the recent rains and snows up in the mountains. There were a number of Ponderosa pine trees of various shapes and ages, including a few snags that were in the process of losing their bark. e started noticing yellow fir trees--tamaracks! The small, thin needles were still on the trees, by a lot were on the ground, making a soft glow in the woods. We found one with black bulgy bark, probably from one of the fires that have touched at the park at times. We examined the creek and found a recently oiled bridge--the linseed odor was so strong, we wondered if the work had been done yesterday. Some of the picnic tables were recently pained green.
We didn't make it as far as the covered bridge but we did have about an hour of enjoying our sweet Sabbath walk.
Photo from http://www.glitteranddust.com/cim-training-learning-take-chill-pill/
Shevlin is to the northwest, and in a long ravine. The land was donated by a logging company, as it wasn't profitable for anything else. The road down to Fremont Meadow was closed off, but we found a parking spot near the gate. We walked past the pit toilets (I didn't have to clean them this year!) down the slope past the picnic pavilion and over to the Tumalo Creek path.
For all cars that were parked, there were few people, probably because there are so many areas to walk at in the park. The aspens were pretty bare, but there were plenty of green pine and fir trees and plenty of yellow-leafed bushes. We walked on the path, that like other paths in the Parks, was marked by a small grain of grey gravel/sand. Tumalo Creek was full, probably due to the recent rains and snows up in the mountains. There were a number of Ponderosa pine trees of various shapes and ages, including a few snags that were in the process of losing their bark. e started noticing yellow fir trees--tamaracks! The small, thin needles were still on the trees, by a lot were on the ground, making a soft glow in the woods. We found one with black bulgy bark, probably from one of the fires that have touched at the park at times. We examined the creek and found a recently oiled bridge--the linseed odor was so strong, we wondered if the work had been done yesterday. Some of the picnic tables were recently pained green.
We didn't make it as far as the covered bridge but we did have about an hour of enjoying our sweet Sabbath walk.
Photo from http://www.glitteranddust.com/cim-training-learning-take-chill-pill/
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