This is actually a hike to Teddy Bear Cove via the Interurban Trail from the North Chuckanut Mountain parking lot. Teddy Bear Cove is no longer a stand-alone hike officially. I did this hike following a hike to Clayton Beach. The tide was still fairly high and there was little beach to walk on at the north end of the headland. The rocks there reveal bands of life particular to different heights of water. The rocks also show erosion levels due to water movement. There is more exposed beach area on the south side of the headland and there were several people there taking advantage of the sunny day.

There is still graffiti on both sides of the headland.

Arrived a little before 7AM at the Fragrance Lake trailhead and was the third car but didn't see anyone else on the trail until I was nearing the lake.  Decided to make up for an under-productive prior week(Whatcom Falls with the SO and a failed 1st attempt at FL) and continue through to the waterfall and Two Dollar Trail. Had planned to turn around and return the way I came but wanted to see the road(Cleator & Hiline) up from the parking area so I ended up taking Interurban back to the FL trailhead where I parked.

I finally used Strava correctly (almost, forgot to start recording until the gated entry) but I'm not entirely sure I trust it as it showed my max speed was over 11MPH which isn't possible.  It recorded my distance as a little over 7 miles which I guess is plausible since the FL trail shows as 5.5 roundtrip.  Regardless, it was my longest hike so far and will definitely be doing it again.

We made a Grand Tour of Larrabee Park today, completing a 15-mile extravaganza of this gem of a state park. Our route: starting from the Lost Lake parking lot: Interurban Trail to Fragrance Lake trail; up that, to the connecting trail towards Cyrus Gate/Lost Lake Trail, coming out on Cleator Road; Cleator to a defined bike trail (unsigned, but marked by two posts and a sandbag); up the bike trail to the Upper, Middle and Lower Chuckanut Ridge series of trails; down Salal trail to the North Lost Lake trail; hooking up to the South Lost Lake trail; then taking a left at the "Juliet" kiosk to embark on the Burnout trail; then back down Fragrance Lake Road to the parking area. This sounds confusing, I'm sure, but there are trail maps posted throughout the park, including at the parking area--snap a pic with your phone or go old school and wing it. Following is a brief report pertaining to each section.

Fragrance Lake trail is obstacle-free and lovely. Numerous grand, giant, old Doug firs and cedars, lots of ferns. It's a bit of an elevation gain, 950 feet in about 2 miles.

The Chuckanut Ridge trail, along which we hiked nearly the entire length, is gorgeous. This morning it was very, very foggy, which made it almost ghostly. This trail is quite steep in places, and the terrain is both rooty and rocky. At times, you are hiking down rock and slick, wet roots, so exercise care. I like to go poleless in such places, so that I can use my hands for support. I'd say we gained another 1000 feet easily in this section. (See attached pics to get an idea of the terrain).

North Lost Lake--this trail is often muddy, but it was less gloppy than I expected today, probably due to the mild weekend. So--not bad! A little muddy in places, but nothing you can't walk around. Pretty flat till you start up South Lost Lake. South Lost Lake is a gradual elevation gain (you will have lost some feet in descending from the ridge),but mellow.

Burnout--Burnout takes you out of the park and onto DNR land. While you'll be trundling through a logging site of several years past, the outstanding views from here will be pretty dang mind-blowing. And--there's no one up there. Well, we ran across one older guy (pushing 80) on the way down. There are views across the San Juans and Samish Bay, all the way to Anacortes. Today an eagle was caroling in the sky above us as he wafted along the air currents.

We hiked for about 6 hours, with a short break for turkey bagels. We saw 10 people today. Bring your Discovery Pass. Oh, and there are outhouses at the parking lot, clean and well-stocked. One more thing: a shout out to the Larrabee volunteer trail crew, two guys who were out there chainsawing some blowdowns along the North Lost Lake trail. Super friendly older guys with beards rivaling ZZ Top. Thank you for your work! Happy hiking, Everyone!

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Hiked a big ole' loop around the Chuckanuts to get in some miles and take a break from the job search efforts.

My main note is just to be sure to keep a map on you unless you're 100% certain you know exactly what trails you want to be on. I've done a fair bit of hiking in the area and still find myself having to check and double check to make sure I didn't make a wrong turn somewhere. Despite this, I still ended up on a section of trail that I didn't mean to be on and had to do a little sit and scoot to get down a steep section of dusty trail that I did not want to walk down (attached a photo but it doesn't really show how steep things are).

Overall there was lots of parking, not a ton of people, and the trail was in great shape the whole time.

We began at the North Chuckanut Mountain Trailhead and took the Interurban section going northwest and then onto the Hemlock Trail and the Chuckanut Falls and spur to the falls overlook. We stopped at Arroyo Falls on the way which is still flowing nicely. There were several other stops along the way looking for the best looking trillium, skunk cabbage and bleeding hearts. It appears that in a week or two there will large patches of bleeding hearts in bloom.

We also checked out the footbridge over Chuckanut Creek. A large tree is till laying lengthwise on the deck. From our observation point it was difficult to see how much damage was done.