{"id":1616,"date":"2014-07-09T08:55:04","date_gmt":"2014-07-09T15:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peachylife.net\/blog\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2014-07-09T08:55:04","modified_gmt":"2014-07-09T15:55:04","slug":"tidbits-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2014\/07\/09\/tidbits-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Tidbits Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For my final hike of the 4th of July weekend I headed up to Tidbits Mountain. It&#8217;s a short hike, but with the hot weather I was fine with that, and in any case I had a three hour drive back to Portland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/nYNQGU\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5511\/14426354900_3eebb39be6_z.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There were wildflowers blooming along the trail, including beargrass and rhododendron:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/og1Wj6\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5487\/14609779041_13af818b7f_z.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/nYP2iS\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2904\/14426390568_19b4d935ac_z.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just before reaching the summit I spotted a whole bunch of beargrass below the trail:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/nYP9V6\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2930\/14426416159_00a8ca39e8_z.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A view of the summit from the trail:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/nYPsgh\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3843\/14426474518_a62c09276c_c.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The trail takes you to the base of that rocky knob that is the summit. There are still remnants of the ladder from the lookout days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/nYPse3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2910\/14426474388_fac62f2e86_c.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The small rocky summit and the foundation remnants from the old lookout:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/nYPzJK\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3883\/14426499659_96549c1b03_c.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking down the rock face I just climbed up:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/og8g1W\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3896\/14611012634_88df876f1f_c.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By the way, here&#8217;s a 1927 photo of the lookout. It&#8217;s kind of amazing some of the tiny summits that had lookouts perched on them in the old days!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5587\/14633072373_a0a12257a3_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Views all around on this gorgeous day, although the numerous clearcuts were jarring after the pristine view from Olallie Mountain the day before. \ud83d\ude41 Mary&#8217;s Peak in the Coast Range (it&#8217;s amazing how you can see that mountain from so many different places!):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/nYPs3w\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2937\/14426473778_1650cfe583_c.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Diamond Peak:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/oggbv5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2897\/14612558342_177c25f45a_c.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mount Bachelor (small snowy bump on the left):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/og2ndK\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3918\/14609862831_94253ba8a2_z.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Three Sisters:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/ogiQBz\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3907\/14613076775_6b1841d916_z.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mt. Washington, and at center Carpenter Mountain, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.portlandhikers.org\/forum\/viewtopic.php?f=8&amp;t=19409\">where I was on Friday<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/ogiQF2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2926\/14613076975_56ba5a5f35_z.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mt. Jefferson and Three Fingered Jack:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/nYPztp\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3852\/14426498769_cca34e0ecb_z.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is what the view looked like in 1934:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orww.org\/Osbornes_Project\/Tid_Bits_Mountain\/19340610_60-180.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.orww.org\/Osbornes_Project\/Tid_Bits_Mountain\/19340610_60-180.jpg\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was so pleasant up there that I just hung out for awhile. A few butterflies kept me company.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/og8fXu\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3916\/14611012434_bd4361c429_c.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At one point I was standing there admiring the view and I heard this humming sound. At first I thought it was the distant sound of ATVs, but then I realized it was a hummingbird. I looked around and spotted it just below the summit. Miraculously I got a halfway decent picture. Cool!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/nYPzGF\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3877\/14426499539_69a7ddba30_c.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had a lot of fun getting up to some high points in this neck of the woods last weekend and feeling VERY lucky for such amazing weather the whole time. Three clear warm days! In Oregon! On the 4th of July weekend! As I joked on facebook Sunday evening, &#8220;Flying pigs will be seen at any moment&#8230;.&#8221; \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For my final hike of the 4th of July weekend I headed up to Tidbits Mountain. 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