It was the best yet I believe- and will likely be hard to beat. Well... That is unless we make it to the Denny creek slide this Sunday. The weather is supposed to get up to 85 so I kind of hope we can work that into our schedule.
So- back to snoqualmie. It was a bit of an elevation challenge as we started from the parking lot down by the river and worked our way up to the falls.
This was strategic. Anne told me about this trail- how steep it was- and I used her warning as a plan of attack. I decided we should hike UP on our way out and hike DOWN(aka roll down) the hill on our way back in. It worked beautifully. We stopped and studied the nurse logs and stumps: logs and stumps that have fallen or been cut and given birth to new second growth trees. I took a few pictures. John quickly learned how to spot them since we told him that the signage said we couldn't climb the trees with "babies" on top since they were a bit fragile.
Up and up and up we climbed until we could hear a loud thundering coming from around a bend. Sure enough the trees gave way to sun and mist and a crowd gathered on the platform looking down at the glorious falls. I had no idea how large they were! It was a nice surprise. We were layered and quickly started peeling off the top layers. Alice got to stretch her legs a bit since she had been riding in the pack.
We headed back down the hill after a bit and it was a job coaxing. The best way to coax a toddler on a hike is by appealing to his stomach. I had my bag full of Lara bars. And back at the van I had the promise of rice cakes and chocolate coconut peanut butter to top them. That kept him rolling.
It is a trail I would not mind visiting again.
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Peace,
Elizabeth
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