Picture of the week ~ Peony

Olympic Peninsula long weekend

The Trailblazer group I hike with on Thursday's are going to Stimpson Reserve for a 4 mile hike. I posted about our group hiking there last year. You can read about that trip HERE. I've been running & doing burpees there alot for my Spartan Training and felt like I wanted a change for my outing today. 

I may go for a long run instead.

I've been away from the Trailblazers for a few weeks now, due to my Montana Spartan Sprint race trip, Cousin reunion and Memorial long weekend travels.

I'll be looking forward to hiking with them again, but hopefully on a trail I haven't been on for awhile.

 My parents and my brother and his wife live in Sequim and it was nice to get out and enjoy the area with them. I thought I'd share some of the moments of our fun on the Olympic Peninsula.

We enjoyed a 10 mile bike ride along a section of the Olympic Discovery trail.

We got in some hikes to a few trails that were new to me.

Marymere & Madison fall, and Hurricane Hill. You can read about Marymere falls & Hurricane Hill in this article by Exotic Hikes (7 family friendly trails).

Marymere falls near Lake Crescent.

We then did the short hike to Madison falls.

While we in the area we drove up to see the  Elwha dam removal viewpoint. I was happy that this river has been set free & in my lifetime. 

Here is a time lapse video of the dam removal, it's short only about 4 1/2 minutes. If you'd like to watch it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUZE7kgXKJc#action=share

Our last hike was to be Hurricane Hill, The trailhead is a short drive just beyond the Hurricane Ridge visitors center

In the photo below, Hurricane Hill is just behind us.

Below is a panorama picture of the top of the "hill".

panorama - click to enlarge

The 2 photos below were my favorite photos of my husband on our trip.

Hiking in the high country made me anticipate our Trailblazer hikes this summer,

but today I shall run free in the lowlands of Whatcom county, hee hee.