Wandering towards Wauna Point

There are many viaducts still on the Scenic Hwy.

 For reasons that will become clear, I do not recommend this trail to Wauna Point.  But it is here because it is one of the 25 trails.  Go East on I-84 to exit 40 (Bonneville Dam).  Turn right after exiting and immediately left taking the short road to the parking area.  The trail starts at the East end of the parking lot on the paved bike trail that goes from Eagle Creek to Cascade Locks. 

 The bike trail is next to the highway and because of this, is not pleasant.  I am not sure why it was built.  Today's trail goes along the bike path for about 1/4 mile until you get to  . . .

this narrow side trail where Arrow is standing.  

A large Douglas fir recently fell over the trail

Basalt, ever present in the Gorge, formed this tiny cave.  I did not go inside - it was dark.

A Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) posed for us on a large fir.

Mr. Thornsby found the next turn off on the trail with this barely legible sign.  Now we were on a dirt road looking for a side trail.

We found this landslide, perhaps from last winter.

Here is the other side of the landslide.  Maybe this was where the side trail was?  We kept on walking the road. . . 

And found this Blue Grouse (Dedragapus obscurus)

We did not find the side trail we were supposed to turn onto and so we turned back, finding these marks on the way back.  Perhaps a bear?