Mama Gone Green is a blog dedicated to raising happy children and reducing our impact on the Earth. My name is Taryn and I am the mother of 2 young kids and an environmental studies instructor at a community college in Portland, Oregon. Please join me as I journey through life as a mama, teacher, knitter, photographer, gardener, and environmentalist!

Sunday, May 6, 2012

A Lovely Little Hike

Today we drove out to the gorge to enjoy the wonderful spring weather and do a bit of exploring. We headed to the Tom McCall Nature Preserve to see the magnificent show of wildflowers. There was balsam root and lupine flowering everywhere, as well as wild cucumber, prairie stars, and many flowers that I did not know the names of. There was also plenty of poison oak, which we managed to avoid, but not without a couple of scares (for some reason, if you tell a 4 year old not to do something, they just can't help but want to). It was crowded, but the views of the Columbia River were tremendous, and the weather was perfect. Here are a few pictures from our day:








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3 comments:

  1. Wow, such gorgeous views. Looks like a great day!

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  2. Looks familiar ;) Did you stop in Hood River for ice cream on the way back? I think we traded weekends cause we went to Camassia on Sunday..lol
    we are so lucky to live in such a beautiful place :)

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