It sounds so strange to say we hiked on a single track trail today, at least we did for a short section of a hike today. We haven't hiked on a single track trail since March 12th. We went to Ebey's landing a short favorite of ours.
A lovely patch of California Poppies were along a grain crop near the parking lot.
Many flowers were in bloom today and at times we caught a whiff of their sweet scent in the air.
My husband used the day to get more familiar with our camera.
Love the clouds in the sky above the grain field.
When we got to the Bluff trail we saw this sign. We decided to live dangerously and enter a "discouraged trail use" area. As we were hiking we thought it would have been nice if they would have had a directional sign stating this trail is a one way trail. Then everyone would be going the same way. *more on this later.
We came prepare with face coverings, and since this area in particular was a single track trail we wanted to be as considerate of others as possible if we came near, We didn't have anyone hiking towards us as we hiked the Bluff trail and when some wanted to pass us there was always a place to step aside, so no vegetation was trampled.
A very large mushroom, my husband placed his foot next to it for scale.
We ate our lunch at the end of trail sign on the Bluff looking over the water. It was very warm and the views were wonderful.
On the way down the Bluff to the beach we took each others' photo with our camera of choice.
As I said in the earlier part of this post we thought they should have a one way sign on this loop, well here it is. At the beach after we got off of the Bluff. It would've been nice to have seen this on the other junctions of this trail. Oh well, turns out we were hiking the correct direction after-all.
Mount Rainier was visible all day,
Mount Rainier and the Coupeville/Port Townsend ferry.
Time to head back up to the Bluff and make our way on to the Pratt loop. A reality check to remind us that this is our way of life these days.
Another "good for my soul" hike.
Garmin stats:
total miles hiked - 6 miles
total ascent - 535 feet
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