{"id":247,"date":"2011-06-27T14:51:42","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T14:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richerdesign.com\/backpacking\/?p=247"},"modified":"2013-06-27T14:59:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-27T14:59:38","slug":"virginia-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richerdesign.com\/backpacking\/virginia-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Round-Trip Distance: 2.2 miles<\/strong><\/p>\n

My go to hiking book is, Best Hikes with Children: Western and Central Oregon. At the point of this writing (June 2013) we had done almost all the hikes that are within reach of us.<\/p>\n

This was one of the first hikes of the season and OMG there were a lot of mesquitos. Had I been on my toes, I should have turned around and gone the other way, but instead I just picked up Noah and Isabel at 25lb each and RAN. So yes, I ran with the kids on my sides for over a mile! It was a really wet year from what I heard and the road on the east side had just become passable.<\/p>\n

Once we got through the swarms we stopped at the picnic area and had some lunch and blew bubbles and everything was set right again. I haven’t been back, but would like to, so I can really take in this hike. It was enjoyable\u2026 the part I saw when I wasn’t running.<\/p>\n

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