Stub Stewart State Park, Feb 22nd

With our trip to Chile fast approaching and a ton of stuff to do before that, Val and I had little chance to plan ahead for a hike. Still we needed to get out and do something before the trip since we were planning on doing a couple of long hikes while traveling. Out of the blue we came up with the idea of heading out to Stub Steward State Park in Vernonia. This park, located north of highway 26 going towards the coast, is relatively new. I do recollect going there several years ago and doing one of the main paved trail to a point where we had to make our on way to a lunch spot. So to me, it was almost like going for the very first time. We looked at several information sites until we found one that combined several trails to make a loop long enough to call it a descent hike. The hike started from one of the parking lots that is located inside the park and overlooks the valley. I could say that his view is probably the best in the entire hike. We combined several trails for a smaller loop in the northern side of the park that eventually joined the Banks-Vernonia trail.This paved trail which I mentioned before is not part of the park per se. It’s a trail that connects the towns of Banks and Vernonia – hence the name. A small section of the trail goes thru the Stub Stewart Park. We stayed on this trail for a while until we veered off and continued south for a lollipop hike that was supposed to offer some unique views that we never got. We did get a good workout though so nothing to complaint about



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