Hill walk 15
7 Jul 2019 07:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
motorharpLeach Botanical Garden and Mt. Scott.
Looking at a topographical map of this area, you can definitely see the Boring Lava Domes sprinkled around. They are also kind of steep. Which may be why I felt like I was going to pass out towards the end, complete with tingling hands and feet. I really need to start bringing snacks with me. Luckily, L had some and shared with me. I still feel a little weird today.
The best thing about this walk was the wildlife: we saw a goat in a front yard and a mother and young deer in the street.
There were also some great views.
In my favorite part of the walk - a street on the NW side of the mountain - there was a neat sculpture made from... old car parts? tractor parts? in another front yard.
It was my favorite street because it's cool and leafy and Johnson Creek runs through the backyards. There were a lot of cozy looking houses tucked in among the trees.
I learned that:
- Leach Botanical Gardens probably wouldn't be around today if Mt. St. Helens hadn't erupted. The YMCA facility that got buried in ash needed a new location, which they were going to get money for by selling the Leach property to developers, but the Friends of Leach convinced the Parks commissioner to save it.
- There are deciduous conifers.
- The Willamette National Cemetery was a WPA project and was graded by hand.
The Leaches also had a burro named Pansy who lived on their property and who they took with them on expeditions. 😍
Looking at a topographical map of this area, you can definitely see the Boring Lava Domes sprinkled around. They are also kind of steep. Which may be why I felt like I was going to pass out towards the end, complete with tingling hands and feet. I really need to start bringing snacks with me. Luckily, L had some and shared with me. I still feel a little weird today.
The best thing about this walk was the wildlife: we saw a goat in a front yard and a mother and young deer in the street.
There were also some great views.
In my favorite part of the walk - a street on the NW side of the mountain - there was a neat sculpture made from... old car parts? tractor parts? in another front yard.
I learned that:
- Leach Botanical Gardens probably wouldn't be around today if Mt. St. Helens hadn't erupted. The YMCA facility that got buried in ash needed a new location, which they were going to get money for by selling the Leach property to developers, but the Friends of Leach convinced the Parks commissioner to save it.
- There are deciduous conifers.
- The Willamette National Cemetery was a WPA project and was graded by hand.
The Leaches also had a burro named Pansy who lived on their property and who they took with them on expeditions. 😍
