Metolius River hike from Camp Sherman store

This is our sort of hiking adventure: one that begins and ends at a charming country store that serves expresso. Namely, the Camp Sherman store in central Oregon’s beautiful Metolius River recreation area.

We’ve hiked most of the easily accessible stretches of the Metolius many times. They’re all marvelous.

The two mile path downstream of the store (west side of the river) is enjoyable because it’s level, passes by interesting cabins on forest service land, and is on a particularly attractive section of the Metolius (not that there’s an unattractive section).

Plus, there’s the latte thing. And public restrooms at miles 0, 1, 3, and 4 of the roundtrip four mile hike, a potential benefit if you energized yourself with a large quad expresso before you started off.

Here’s a You Tube video of the hike we took a few days ago.