Super cute little section of the Discovery trail! Some fall foliage that will be even better in a week or so. TONS of blackberries along the trail! All of my fall pictures are too large for WTA, but we did see a few adorable little snails—watch out for them!!

This is just a good idea for a year round hike if you are desperate to get out there but don't have a lot of time, or in this case, don't feel like forking out any more money for an Olympic Park Pass. I actually did this a few months ago, but if I put the right date in it would disappear in the loads of trip reports that have been since then, and I'm trying to lure you to my website. (Found in the "additional links" spot.) You'll find more pics and info there. 

The Audubon Center is great! Lots of fun specimens to check out and the volunteers are really nice. The park is paved and lovely, very easy to walk or bike. There's a small native plants area that's neat to look at and the bridge itself is really wonderful. If you're looking for a difficult hike or one that will lead you through deeply wooded landscapes, this isn't it. But if you're looking for a nice walk, maybe some picnic tables on which to have a snack before walking over the bridge toward Port Angeles, this is a really nice stop.

After setting up camp at Sequim Bay SP, we had time for a short walk so went to Railroad Bridge Park which is part of the Olympic Discovery Trail. The Dungeness River Audubon Center is located here. It has 500 mounted specimens and many activities for kids and adults. The trail is used by walkers, runners and bicyclists and because it is part of the Olympic Discovery Trail one can walk as far as time allows. As Bob was taking a picture of a yellow flower, he noticed hundreds of bird's nest fungi in the area. They are always a fun find! In the picture you can see some which haven't lost their caps yet. You can learn more about the area at www.dungennesrivercenter.org.

Inspired by Bob and Barb's trip report from Oct. 2, 2013, we thought the likelihood of seeing salmon in the river below the bridge would be high today. However, there were no salmon anywhere to be seen. Maybe we just missed them by a few days, but if you're planning a trip to this park just to see the salmon, you may want to wait a bit longer. Hopefully they'll be starting their journey up the river soon!