I've been itching to be hiking for awhile now,
I had a cold that more than outstayed it's welcome, and I was happy to be joining our hiking group today. The scheduled hike for today was to be hiking the trails in Lake Padden park.
It was listed as 6 miles & easy, a perfect welcome back for my body that hasn't been doing much of anything for a couple of months.
16 of us headed west on the Lake trail from the ball field side of the park.
It was an overcast, mid 40's morning, comfortable for hiking.
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| Looking across the Lake to the bathhouse |
As we approached the fork in the trail where you could go left or continue around the Lake, 2 of our group left us as they had planned on going a shorter distance. We continued on to the left to begin our way on the higher trails. There was a bit of mud along the way as you can see,
as we made our way back near the ball fields & the parking lot, 2 more of our group left us.
Our group had dwindled down to 12 for the rest of the hike. We headed east and did a loop that brought us back down under the power lines and then to the parking lot by the ball fields.
It was a pretty forest hike.
You never know what you'll see out in the woods :-)
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| Can you see the Christmas ornaments? |
It was so nice to join the Trailblazers again. I've missed all of the "fun" of this group.
Endomondo stats:
Total miles hiked - 5.95
Minimum altitude - 353 feet
Maximum altitude - 928 feet
Total ascent - 1005 feet
Total descent - 938 feet
