Tillamook Forest Hike W Dogs

I mentioned hiking with the dogs the other day. It was sort of a spontaneous outing and really I should have spent the afternoon grading, but on the way back from brunch it was TOO gorgeous a fall day not to get out and enjoy it---so we did.

It's a 45 minute drive to one of my favorite hiking spots in the Tillamook Forest and it was nice just to be headed out of the city to a more removed setting. We only did about two miles of a hike UP and in (almost all uphill) and then we ran the whole way back down and out. I did stop lots on the hike to snap some pictures and really soak up the natural setting:

SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY! And oh so good for the soul :)