Sunday, June 12, 2011

Walk There: Ardenwald and Johnson Creek + Rood Bridge

On a cool sunny day a few weeks back, we walked along Johnson Creek, which traces the boundary between Portland and Milwaukie. After passing through a lovely wildlife area, we turned around at this bridge. We think that this path connects with the waterfront path that follows the Willamette to downtown Portland and beyond. It would be fun to ride it sometime.

We left the path and walked through a neighborhood, stopping in this schoolyard to eat our sammies (and check voicemail).

The next week, on our anniversary, we headed to Rood Bridge Park, which looked interesting when we discovered it online. It has a nice park-y picnic and play area close to the main road, but also has some hiking and biking trails that wind through quite a few acres of forest.





We'd love to come back and ride here once I have my normal center of gravity back.


And we ended the day with milkshakes at Burgerville. Fresh strawberries are in -- my favorite of all the Burgerville seasonal specials!

It's wonderful to have so many green places nearby to wander.

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