From Oaks Bottom to Stayton - Where We Walked

It was a great weekend for Knights of Knee walking. On Saturday, Jan. 8 we gathered in Sellwood and had a great Anarchy Walk led by Will and our whims. We had Lana (returned after a rotator cuff injury), Nancy (returned after plantar fasciitis surgery), Carolyn, Rachel, Will, and Wendy. Although the prediction was solid rain, we had clement weather as we first circled through the "Most Liberal Intersection in Portland," then down to the Oaks Bottom bike path. We enjoyed the path till the spur, newly paved, went off to the left and back up to Sellwood. We circled around Sellwood, arriving back at the cars at 9:30 so Carolyn could make it to her next endeavor. The rest of us walked another loop to the park and finished a very nice 10K.

On Sunday, Will and Wendy took up Krista's invite to do the Cascade Half-Marathon, and Rachel decided to take the plunge as well. We rode there in Krista's comfy mini-'Bago, picking up her dad en route. This is a friendly little half-marathon. Walkers and slower runners can start an hour early, so we took off at 8:30. We were caught by the pack at around the 5-6 mile mark. The route is flat and on quiet roads through farm areas - very pleasant. It's an out-and-back, so if bad weather strikes you COULD turn around at any point. We had a good walk - a challenge for Rachel, Wendy, and Krista but a stroll in the park for Will. The last 1/2 hour we started getting some cold rain, but finished before it really got to us.

Coming up Jan. 15-16-17: Hosted walks from Good Samaritan Hospital Sat-Sun.
We are working on plans for a movie-watching day at Carolyns, but would start off with a walk from Good Sam. I'd like to walk all 3 days....someplace!