When we woke this morning it was 32 degrees and we saw that we'd had our first frost of the year. We ate our breakfast and hoped for some warmer temps but when we left our house it was 34 degrees, so not a lot warmer. Our hike for the day was to begin at the Lost lake parking lot and head up the Fragrance lake road. We would then turn right at the trail junction and keep going up to burnout.
The first opening for a view didn't disappoint. A great view looking towards Samish Island.
The photo below is a panorama.
Our road walk up the old logging road.
I spotted a slug sunning itself. It's antennae were stretched out.
A look back at the view of the San Juan Islands.
I think this plant is Mullein. It looks a bit like Lambs ears.
I was intrigued by the dew on it's leaves, so I took a close up.
and then a macro "really close up" of the center. The dew drops showed up better.
Another slug enjoying the sun.
I liked this view of the hill in the distance with a lone tall tree and the clouds looming above.
Our lunch view, looking towards the San Juan Islands.
We walked down to look at the "old" view area. It's still there but the trees around it are really getting thick.
After enjoying burnout, we headed down the trail that would connect us to the Fragrance lake road and on to the Fragrance lake trail. When we got to the lake we decided to do the loop in a clockwise direction.
Very large rocks line this section of the loop trail.
The photo below shows the view as I looked up to the sky.
When we came to a nice sunny area we sat on the bench commemorating Terry Lamp's leadership in WTA trail maintenance work at Larrabee state park. As it was still chilly in the shady areas, it was nice to sit and soak up the sun's warmth for a bit.
I took a photo at one of my favorite places at the lake, if the weather is calm there is usually a great reflection. As you can see in the photo below, today was one of those days.
As we made our way down the Fragrance lake road we passed this waterfall.
As we neared the parking lot I saw this view before me. It looked like it should be a painting. The light was just perfect.
Relive video of our route:
Garmin stats:
total miles - 9.27
total ascent - 2067 feet
total descent - 2005 feet
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