A walk in the park

The weather here has been strangely warm. Fred and I decided to take advantage of the sun today and go for a short hike through Forest Park in Northwest Portland up to Pittock Mansion. The mansion was built in the early 1900s by the editor of the Oregonian and has one of the best views in the city of downtown Portland and Mt. Hood.

There were a lot of people out on the trail, but it wasn't too crowded to be nice. About half a mile into the hike we came across the old stone house, pictured below. I don't know anything more about it, but it would be interesting to find out where it came from.


We made our way up to the mansion and had a nice picnic lunch looking out over Portland. We didn't take any pictures of the view because it was a little hazy, but we did get one of the mansion.


Overall, it was a nice hike, and we look forward to more exploring throughout the summer.