A trip to Roaring River County Park

After finding out what an undiscovered little gem of a park that the Aumsville Ponds were, I decided to check out Roaring River County Park in Linn County. As this county park will be featured next month on my other blog, Mid-Willamette Explorer, I will just post some of the photos I took. If there is no name below a flower, it is because I have yet to identify it. Many of the flowers in the park are ones that I have never seen before.

My favorite photo of the day

My second favorite photo of the day.

The forest is reclaiming the table.

My third favorite photo of the day.

This flower is not in my plant book.

 Himalayan Blackberry - Invasive Species

 I believe this is part of the carrot/parsnip family

 Oceanspray

 This might be a species of Forget-me-not

Mock-Orange

Fog across the field

This morning there was a small layer of fog at the back of the field behind my house, so I figured I would get a picture of it while I went about doing the morning chores.

1,000 views

I figured that I would put up a few statistics once this blog had 1,000 views.

My first blog (Beaver Country Ramblings)

15.5 months
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5.5 months
62 posts
660 views

My third blog (Mid-Willamette Explorer)
1.5 months
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I would like to say thanks to all my readers, especially the ones who wait for me to post something new.

Trapper's Encampment at Champoeg State Park

After getting lunch yesterday at the Burning Boar BBQ, which will be featured on Mid-Willamette Explorer next moth, I headed to Champoeg State Park to check out the Fur Trapper's Encampment event. Those that hosted the event were clad in pioneer-era clothing and featured anything from old-style canvas tents to flintlocks. Out of all the items that were shown off, my favorite was the hand-mad birch bark canoe which used white cedar boards to line the inside. Below are some of the photos from the event.

 This guy is making sparks with flint

 

This guy is making round bullets the old way.