Our last day in Portland was to be somewhat truncated. We had to pick Mom up at the airport a bit after 3, and then ferry her to the Grandparents'. So I planned an activity that we could do for an hour or two and then be glad to be done -- hiking.
After a visit to the local Apple store (new power supply - $79.99; lusting after all the new equipment - free) we checked out of the hostel and headed over to the Hoyt Arboretum.
So Haley and I planned our hike. We would follow a 2 mile trail (theoretically a 1 hour hike) and then go pick up Mom at the airport.
So we followed the trail. When we ended up back at the visitor center in 10 minutes, we looked at the map again and then walked along the right trail. And walked. And walked. There was lots of neat scenery. Like this awesome cherry tree:
Did you know there's an archery range in the arboretum? And lots of houses back up the the arboretum -- very nice to have the cool shade and birdcalls behind your house :) But we kept walking and walking. The trail didn't seem to have much to do with the map in our hands, nor did the maps posted beside the trail. But eventually we staggered back to the visitor center. We spent a few minutes doing our best to suck the water fountains dry and then dousing our hair with water. When we got back to the car we found out it was 97˚. Ouch.
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