Hannegan Pass Trailblazer hike

Hoping for a sunny Thursday and hurray it was another beautiful day
in the Pacific Northwest! 

12 of us headed from Bellingham to hike Hannegan Pass. I was especially excited because I had invited my dad to join us as my guest.

The trailhead

The info. board with the typical bear warning and identification postings.

The views were spectacular!

We had lunch at the campground just before the pass. When we sat down to eat our fearless leader "Pat" had said we probably wouldn't go to the pass since we had stopped a little later for lunch, 

Lunch spot - my dad :-)

Lunch spot - my dad (again) :-)

but after we'd eaten it was agreed we would hike on to the pass. 

It would have just been a shame to get so close and not go on up.

Almost......... everyone

ooh aah

The view from the pass.

So glad we continued to the pass, it was another wonderful hike with the Senior Trailblazers 

& my dad :-)

Thanks for the picture, Nobuko!

Endomondo stats:
9.35 total miles hiked
3107 Min. altitude
5106 Max. altitude
7980 Total ascent
7331 Total descent

Chain lakes Trailblazer hike

The magic number is "12".

The wilderness regulations state that the maximum hiking group shall be 12, exactly the number in our group today!

We began our Chain lakes hike today at the Artist point parking lot.
(Reminder - click on the pictures to view them larger)

A beautiful if not a little warm (mid 80's) day of hiking.

Every direction I looked was breathtaking, I obviously could have taken way more pictures.

We stopped for lunch at Iceberg lake.

my husband couldn't resist a cooling dip!

after lunch we walked a little further enjoying the many blueberries along the trail. 

Jean put hers in a container for her pancakes tomorrow morning!

We saw lots of different mushrooms along the trail. Here's my favorites - by favorites I mean to look at, I have no idea if they are edible or if they should be eaten.

As I said earlier it was a warm hike, whenever we found shade we stopped to cool down a bit.

I saw these bees and a butterfly in the flowers beside the trail.

In a word, the day was "Glorious"

Endomondo stats:
5.48 total miles hiked
4643 Min. altitude
5266 Max. altitude
3943 Total ascent
3800 Total descent