On Sunday, October 26, my #2 son, Christopher, and I hiked to Warrior Rock Lighthouse. We drove to Sauvie Island over the new access bridge. The older bridge had been completely destroyed recently. I purchased a parking permit for $3.50 and a paper map for 25 cents at the country store. We drove a paved road and then a gravel road to the north end of Sauvie Island to the parking area.
We climbed over a low gate past a couple signs--one stating that the area was closed for hunting season which we did not see. We met a lot of people and dogs on the trail so we were not the only ones who did not see the sign or chose to ignore it. We met one hunter and his dog at the beginning of the trail and occasionally heard gun shots during the afternoon.
We found six benchmarks, waymarked the Lighthouse Keeper's bungalow chimney ruins, did not find the geocache (it was at least 15 ft. away from the hint location), and took a lot of photographs. We walked back over three miles rather quickly as the sun was setting. It was a lovely day--warm with a light breeze. It was dark as we crossed the new Sauvie Island bridge to Hwy 30 homeward bound.
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