Autumn colors in Forest Park
Autumn is in its full glory here in Portland, and one of the great places to enjoy it is Forest Park, the largest park in the vast, connected city park system. Mr. T and I recently enjoyed a walk here after a Swedish breakfast at Broder, which made for an exceptional Saturday morning.
The Bigleaf maples are dropping their leaves and making the paths look very picturesque.
We began by parking at Lower Macleay park in Northwest Portland, partially just because the neighborhood is so nice and there are old, stately Portland houses under mature, colorful street trees. And bubbler fountains. We hiked up along the creek, and then started on the Wildwood trail, which goes on pretty much as long as you like to hike.
The parrot perched on a low tree branch gave us pause.
Other wildlife spotted: many beautiful toadstools pushing their way up through the soil, and some unusually cute, non-obsese red squirrels that look like they maintain an old-fashioned diet of acorns and not Big Mac wrappers.
