Hovander park Trailblazer hike

Today's hike to Hovander park had a very foggy beginning.

Visibility was low, but the sun was predicted to burn through early. 14 of us started this day's hike from the the Fish and Wildlife parking lot just off Slater road. Ginny our chief correspondent had emailed us a day previous that we could meet there instead of the Senior Center in Bellingham, so that's what I did. It saved me a bit of back and forth driving although I did miss out in the fun that can be had while carpooling.

The sun did gradually make an appearance, giving us some glorious sights as we made our way to the farm. The photo below is my favorite from today, it seems to have an oil painting look to it. If you click on it to make it larger it becomes more apparent. The tree on the left with it's reddish dried leaves and the white bark were such a lovely contrast to the wheat colored grass.

Walking towards the farmhouse along the road.

We walked along the newly developed dike trail towards the boat launch,

where we were treated with a view of Mt. Baker as we looked towards the east. Click to enlarge for a better view of the mountain in the distance.

We found some "fairly" dry picnic tables near the barn to sit at for our lunch.

After lunch instead of stopping at the parking lot where our cars were, we crossed Slater road and walked to the other Fish & Wildlife parking lot so we could continue onward down the dike trail from that side for a bit. This side follows along the Nooksack river, it made me wish I was in our raft. It might need to get just a wee bit warmer before I'll really want to do that though ;-)

Endomondo stats:
7.68 total miles
-5 Min. altitude
40 Max. altitude
0 Total ascent
0 Total descent