Hiking the Oregon Trail #4: Jacksonville Forest Park

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Hiking the Oregon Trail #4: Jacksonville Forest Park

This was a super awesome trail that we went through! The entire trail network has over 25 miles of intricate trail systems that carve through the forest and mountains. We only went through a few of the trails, and ended up doing approximately 6 miles. It was mild hike, with a very manageable incline. I can't wait to go back and check out some of the trails on the ridge. I'm sure it would yield an epic view of the Oregon landscape :) .

Enough rambling, and onto some of the sweet views and interesting history that this hike provided!
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Starting point of the epic journey!

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We passed a dried up creek very early in the hike. Sad days for mother nature.

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Just imagine the horrific pain of getting 'steamed' to death. Not nearly as awesome as being 'steemed' to death ;)

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RIP

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This was where the steaming went down :(

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A pretty sweet view half-way into the hike

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The picture doesn't quite do the mountain justice. That incline is ridiculous!

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Ol' miners trail - Last 3 miles of the hike

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This was just too awesome!

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