I wanted to get out in an area where I: 1) wouldn't have to worry about accidentally getting lined up for a shot by a hunter, and 2) wouldn't have to worry about ruining a hunter's day by making a ruckus in the woods. Heading to Rainier was tops on my list, but the 90 minute drive wasn't a turn-on for Heather. Instead we made it to this State Park about 15 minutes south of Olympia. It has about 8 miles of trails, but unless you want to zig-zag across the whole park and see a lot of the same stuff two or three times, you won't get 8 miles in. We walked a 4-mile loop on the perimiter of the park's trail network - about as long a walk as you'll get here. It was pretty nice - saw some joggers and other folks strolling. Not much on views, and we were near the road almost half of the time, but we got plenty of forest and foliage. There's a nice lake there with plenty of birds. We'd been meaning to go there for about 10 years - probably won't wait so long for the next trip.