Munra Point with The Portland Hiking Meetup Group 03/10/2012

This was "my" first Meetup event ever. I joined Meetup some time ago with a few outdoors groups that looked interesting but when the events happened they fill up so fast this is the first one that I got on. I think a lot of people have smart phones, so they can reply right away. Anyway we met up at Gateway transit Center, I had a little trouble finding them because their were like five groups meeting up including at least two groups form the Mazamas. 

I finally met the hike leader Rick and was had a group of ten hikers to hike Murna Point and the south ridge.

We were amongst the clouds the whole way up to Munra Point. 

Here's a picture of me, we had light rain most of the day. 

Here's me on the summit.

We hiked about two miles on the south ridge.  I think we were close to the Bull Run Watershed closure.

Here's a newt I found on the trail.

Here is some historical data on Munra Point from "Oregon Geographic Names" by McArthur...Munra Point was named in 1915 in honor of Katherine Sterrett Munra, who for many years kept a railroad eating house at Bonneville and later at Meacham. She was a widely known pioneer woman, and her name was attached to the point in question by a committee representing various Oregon historical organizations. In 1928 Union Pacific Railroad named a station for "Grandma" Munra.