Backyard video tour...

[pyles_94]

my backyard is a great place in the summer.... what usually is under up to three feet of cold swamp water turns into a great little patch of forest complete with unofficial trails and even a tiny creek! i randomly took this video of a short stretch of trail with some cool willow trees and stuff. i think in my backyard i could hike about 1/2 mile on all these trails ive made.... cool place!

heres a link to a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpJb5IAztM8&feature=user

[Splintercat]

That's a pretty cool backyard, Jamey - do you live up against a park? Looks like the bayou... in fact, your video technique would make for a pretty good Blair Witch Project in the bayou..!

Tom

[pyles_94]

no its just greenspace, but the swamp in the old days used to run from milwaukie to the clackamas river. this part was preserved, and one guy owns three pieces of property behind my neighbor hood. he lets everybody go back there, as long as you keep the trails rough and dont leave any permanent structures. we also get tons of ducks and such in my backyard, right up close in the winter. sometimes even mandarin ducks!

[-Q-]

Is that near International Way in Milwaukie? Looks like a Preserve I checked out during my lunch hours while working there.

[pyles_94]

no, its about a mile or two south of that....