Opening pic
Our original plans were scuttled by rain yesterday morning so we decided on a Pedestrian walk from Hood River along the old Highway to Moiser. An easy 6 miles one way to downtown Mosier.
The trip out was very quite just a couple of cyclists, runners and lots of snails out on the trail enjoying the rain.
The old tunnels are cool but it's a shame this old outside viewing area is now closed off to the public.
I wasn't a big fan of the bars on the tunnel adits (Windows) one of them has an excellent view in Eighteen Mile Island if you stick your camera through the bars!
Shortly after exiting the east side of the tunnels there is a great view point affording both east & west views.
(Some folks just have a hard time staying off the grass
)We continued on to the East Trailhead then walked down the road into Mosier.
Through town and then up a short trail to the old Mosier Pioneer Cemetery.
From here we walked a short distance on to Mosier Creek Falls.
Back in town we stopped at the Thirsty Woman for a lunchtime pint before heading back to Hood River.
On the way back we noticed an unsigned trial leaving the road before it begins to climb up to the trailhead, we were pretty sure that it must link up to the trail & just cut off the road walk section which it did nicely (blue trail on map, click to enlarge).
All in all an enjoyable walk just shy of 13 miles on a rainy Sunday.
