Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

date hiked: March 30, 2008
distance: 2 miles
time: 1.5 hours

Tyler and I took a friend out to the Ridgefield NWR. The refuge is in the same area where I’d like to buy a houseboat one day. In the meantime, we like to walk in the refuge. It has several different ‘units’, one having an auto tour and trail that’s open seasonally and the Carty unit with a 2-mile hiking trail in wetlands. It was quite cold the day we were there (even though it was our spring break and should have been spring). It was in the low 30’s, so we were bundled a bit.

The Carty Unit has a Cathlapotle Plankhouse, a full-scale Chinookan-style cedar plankhouse. It’s quite amazing, although I have yet to be inside. We followed deer tracks for quite a long while on this hike, but never saw the deer. There were lots of birds and it sounded like the ducks were everywhere. It’s a nice place to relax.

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