Tire Mountain hike

On the way back home the fog has broken

I went on a 12 mile day hike with a friend this past Saturday.  We had intended to do an overnight hike to the same general location, but Friday was a day as wet as I have seen here in quite a while.  Saturday was dry, though foggy in the morning.  We drove to the Cloverpatch trailhead from Eugene in about and hour and enjoyed complete solitude all day.  The fog gave way to sunshine at the top of Tire (4,300') and on the way down yielded beautiful views of sunbeams through trees and glowing yellow maples.  Spending a night on top of Tire Mountain will have to wait.