Lacamas Park and Lacamas Heritage Loop (of sorts) 4.19.14
Posted: April 21st, 2014, 3:34 pm
In preparation for a 16+ mile hike with my buddy Jon sometime in the next six weeks, I decided to try to record some big mileage Saturday, despite our time restrictions due to previous engagements. Tracy was resting today so I gave myself 6 hours, figuring I could knock off over 10 miles in that time period. I traveled a long loop around the perimeter of the park, walked the road connector and then did the Lacamas Heritage Trail both ways as well. Both of my GPS tracks showed 13.1 miles, so I guess this was a half marathon of hiking and it took me only 5 hours, 20 minutes 
. But either section of this can be done as an easy weeknight hike, too. The Lily Fields are looking awesome right now, so you should visit in the next week.
Lacamas Park has a wonderful diversity of plant and animal life. But the best part is coming early in the day, before others are out and about. This allows one to hear all the birds chirping, woodpeckers pecking and geese honking. It's also awesome to see the variety of wildflowers at this time of the year. Part of the problem with that, though, is that it means I don't know half of the flowers I saw! I did my best to name them here, and will add other names as they come to me. For now, many may remain LPFs, as my friend calls them: Little Pink Flowers
. Please chime in with names and/or corrections .
~Keri
. But either section of this can be done as an easy weeknight hike, too. The Lily Fields are looking awesome right now, so you should visit in the next week.Lacamas Park has a wonderful diversity of plant and animal life. But the best part is coming early in the day, before others are out and about. This allows one to hear all the birds chirping, woodpeckers pecking and geese honking. It's also awesome to see the variety of wildflowers at this time of the year. Part of the problem with that, though, is that it means I don't know half of the flowers I saw! I did my best to name them here, and will add other names as they come to me. For now, many may remain LPFs, as my friend calls them: Little Pink Flowers
. Please chime in with names and/or corrections .~Keri