Today's weather was forecast to be a rainy one. We decided to head out anyway and packed our rain gear for a hike to Mud lake.
We began at Samish Park parking lot and made our way across the bridge to begin our day's road walk. The weather was as predicted - rain.
Rain gear for the day.
Small mushrooms in a green sea of moss.
Droopy, soggy Trillium's.
My husband spotted an Alder flower or catkins heart❤
The clouds weren't too low or thick, we did manage a view of Lookout mountain.
As we warmed up the rain lessened, so we stopped to take off our rain poncho's.
We didn't get far and the poncho's came back on. We found a place out of the rain for lunch, our view was a large plastic black plastic culvert pipe. Not worth photographing, but we were dry. Perhaps these holes were made by a Pileated Woodpecker? The holes were very large.
We turned off of the gravel road we'd been walking on and turned to hike on a trail beside the mossy Maple trees that led to Mud lake.
My husband walking along in front of me.
Our destination - Mud lake.
I spied a tiny mushroom and put my hat near it so you could see just how small it was. The mushroom is just below the brim of the hat.
Another "damp" Trillium near Mud lake.
A heart rock on the gravel road❤
Another tree with large woodpecker holes in it.
We passed by many side trails and old roads, I was drawn to this one. Perhaps another day's adventure.
A pond we passed along the road walking journey.
The weather did eventually get better, no sun but much drier and some warm air blowing towards us off and on that felt nice on our skin. We were able to continue without our rain poncho's and rain hats for the rest of the day. I found a nice little log to sit on under this fallen tree. Thankfully I didn't need the fallen tree as a rain shelter, I don't think it would've helped much.
Spring's new growth and colors are really making an appearance in our forests now.
A patch of Bleeding Heart.
The clouds stayed high enough for us to get a few views. A Currant bush in full bloom in the foreground and North Butte in the distance framed by two tall trees.
We even had a small peek at the bay beyond the old logging clear cut.
The trees had very thick moss sweaters on.
Another sign of Spring, "baby ferns"❤
The lake view had much improved on our return, the lake was so still there was a nice reflection.
The rain wasn't too bad for our day, just a few showers. Thankfully the rain really began falling hard as we drove home and it's pounding on our roof as I write this post. I'm feeling very thankful that we were able to get out and enjoy the forest and some views without getting soaked in the process.
Relive video of our route:
Garmin stats:
total miles hiked - 11.73
total ascent - 1673 feet
such an inspiration!
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