Heather’s parents came to visit my parent’s farm for brunch. They also checked out some llamas. This is Goddard.
And Goddard’s feet. Heather’s mom needed some close-up photos of the feet for an art project.
Here we all are together.
A Walk Around the Farm and Forest
Looking out into the pastures below my parents’ barns.
Llamas coming for a closer look.
The railroad trestle.
The creek was flowing right along.
A big maple tree.
The trestle through the trees.
Looking up through the woods.
An old bottle in a small creek tributary.
A small waterfall.
Tree ferns on an old rotting log.
Poofy trying to have me pet her while I was trying to take a photo of her.
In the back acreage.
Looking out into the Willamette Valley above Rex Hill Vineyard.
Looking down toward Chehalem Valley.
Chain Breaking on Forest Peak
On Saturday Mike and I went out to the Dunn Forest for a bike ride. We initially intended for it to be an hour or at best two hours. After my chain broke going up Forest Peak it turned into a bit longer of an ordeal.
Looking up into the forest. Quite a bit of the Dunn Forest has been clearcut over the years but there are still a few stands of nice second growth.
Mike up on a ridge.
This piece of logging equipment lost its tire.
Mike checking out another piece of equipment. This is a moderately sized clearcut.
The sign was stowed off to the side so we were a-okay to proceed through.
Looking toward Vineyard Mountain and the Soap Creek drainage (east).
The devastation is complete in clearcut logging operations.
Mike checking out the view.
Lots of logs came out of here.
One of these days I will get to that quarry.
Equipment at the top of the operatin.
This doodad rides on the highline cables and helps bring the trees up the hill.
Mike on an old growth stump.
Mike through the grass.
The border between the Dunn Forest and Starker Forest land.
At the top of Forest Peak. Notice that there is no chain on my bike. A half mile earlier, my chain snapped and I was lucky enough to not have a spare master link with me. The chain was at the end of its life anyway. I will find out in a day or two if I need new sprockets or not. The sprockets are 11 years old and only had one chain their whole life. This is at the top of Forest Peak in some younger third growth.
At the top of Forest Peak there is no view due to the trees.
On the north shoulder of Forest Peak. What a view!
The way down.