Rail Trail and Dunlin Pond Loop

We stopped at the Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge south of Salem Oregon to do several short trails.

We started with the Rail Trail turning it into a loop hike around Dulin Pond. This was about 1.25 miles, we started through a forest, found a blind and then the trail was out in the open around Dulin Pond where we saw a large beaver dam along with some wildflowers.

some of the wildflowers we saw along the trail

we also saw bees