Fun in the sun (finally), Sulphide creek & Baker river hike (almost 9 miles)

 After our incredibly long wet and dark spring we finally got a wonderful sunny and warm day for our hike. We had a long carpool ride from Bellingham to Baker lake for the start of our hike.

We had planned on hiking to Noisy creek today, but there was some question about where we should go since part of the area we wanted to hike had a questionable approach. As you can see there are a couple of trees resting on the bridge cables.



We decided to go to Sulphide creek, where we had a short break. Some of us couldn't decide if it was a lunch break or a snack break. I decided to take advantage of the break and ate half of my lunch, since it was still a bit early for lunch and I would undoubtedly be hungry a little later.

Creek crossing.

Baker river

Sulphide creek and our lunch - snack break location.

After a discussion we decided to go ahead and cross the bridge and go out the trail to Noisy creek after all but to turn around at 1:30 and see how far we would get.

 The Hidden creek bridge made for a scenic area to take pictures and eat the rest of my lunch.

 For Djan's post on the hike: http://djanstewart.blogspot.com/2011/05/baker-river-walk.html



Blanchard Mtn. trails

Great 11.5 mile run on Blanchard mtn. with my husband "Dick" today.
For more info. on the Blanchard mtn. trail area, go to: http://www.blanchardmountain.org/where_is_bm.html

I loved running on those trails.
We ran up to the rock outcropping above Lily lake and had lunch.
Temps. were great for running.

checking out the map to see where we want to
go next

The view from the rock outcropping

Blanchard mtn. has beautiful forest trails. The last couple miles we ran down an old logging road to the car. It's been a while since we've gone for a good distance running on the trails. Good for us!