Waltzing through the Deschutes National Forest out by Sisters/BBR

There is some very interesting nature all around my home in Sisters. In recent years I have been trying to walk more, and lose some more weight, and sometimes I will take walks into the woods around my house to see what I can see. Living in a subdivision that is inside of the Deschutes National Forest is quite enjoyable as I can get to see all kinds of things that a person who lives in a huge city might not get to see. I took these photographs while I was on a walk on Sunday morning. I try to get out for a 30 minute walk every day so I can keep my cardio up, whilst working on my muscles in the COCC gym after classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The first photo of this essay shows the signpost. I thought that it was a cool start because the trail name is the Metolius Windigo trail. Windigos are mythological creatures from Native American folklore, and they are terrifying, so the name of the trail I thought was especially cool.
The second photo captures the trail I head down itself. This is a very scenic trail behind my subdivision, and as you can see (and evidenced by photos further down) it is a logging road, from the days when forestry was more of a thing.
The third photo shows a cool sign in the woods that looks cool and shows some small town/remote forest culture. Things you may not find in a bigger city.
The fourth, and fifth photos encapsulate was I talking about earlier in the second photo. That this is a logging trail. This is evidenced by the old pickup truck designed for logging, its trailer, and the pile of logs on the ground.
Heading deeper into the woods, I took a photo of the trail ahead. This is where the Metolius-Windigo trail starts. Thankfully, I did not run into a Windigo. But I did see plenty of ravens and other flora and fauna.
The 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th, photos try to capture some of the wildlife I saw on my walk this morning. I saw many different types of flora and fauna, but especially birds, small land critters, and butterflies. Unfortunately, I couldn’t capture any decent pictures of the fauna I saw out there, but I did capture some good flora pictures.
The 11th photo shows me turning around to head back home, because the heat was starting to pickup and I was getting extremely hot. I took this walk on Monday morning, and Sisters was projected to hit 98 on that day, so I wanted to head back to my air conditioned house before it got super bad.
The last 2 photos showcase some of the cool looking signs I encountered on the way back, including a worn & weathered slow sign, and a logo of the Sisters Trail Alliance on the back of the signpost I took a picture of at the start of my walk.