Hiking from Marine park Trailblazer hike

We started out on a rather gloomy, dark, drizzly day. Marine park where we started is the ending place for the annual Ski to Sea that takes place here in Whatcom county in May, on that day it's usually sunny and filled with hundreds of people watching the kayak leg of the relay come across the bay. As you can see today it was a lonely place.

12 of us followed the city trail from Marine park that follows a gravel trail through the forest, in Fairhaven.

We had to do some urban walking before we connected back onto a trail. This time the interurban.

 It was nice to be on this long straight stretch and see how the trail is so wide that it looks like a highway through the woods.

We continued to the Arroyo park overlook where we turned around.

Me!

On the way back "Pat" our leader wanted to hike a bit in the Chuckanut ridge area, since the city had purchased it and wanted to check it out. There were quite a few trails in that area as well as many tents where homeless people had set up places to live.

Parts of the area were pretty muddy. Yes, these two had on white shoes. Hmmm.........

Just before we left the trail near Marine park I spotted this plaque in the grass. It says "Site of the Chinese bunk house". I knew that in the 1800's the Chinese came and worked in the large cannery in Fairhaven, but wasn't aware that there were historical plaques in the ground. I wish it had been better signed and had more information for tourists. I thought it was interesting.

Just one of the many trail signs on the city trail system.

Endomondo stats:
  5.4 miles total miles hiked