Took an Uber to our local state park this morning and set off towards Lost Lake. The trail network here is awesome, lots of options, and includes many beautiful, huge, legacy forest trees--Doug fir and cedars. Lots of maples, too. And cool rock formations throughout the park, including along the North Lost Lake portion of our route.
We made a sort of V-shaped hiking route in order to get some hills and miles in today, as well as hike back towards a closer, cheaper Uber ride back home. After leaving the South Lost Lake lot, we headed up Fragrance Lake Road, took the cut-off towards Lost Lake (on the South Lost Lake trail), then picked up the North Lost Lake trail and followed that to Arroyo, where we caught our ride home. We saw four people total, two towards the very end of the hike. It was a peaceful, lovely day in the woods. RT 8.7 miles.
Mosquitoes were sort of lazily hanging out when we stopped for lunch, but only a couple bites. Great hike for quietude, no crowds, big trees, and good fitness maintenance. Looking forward to our Rainier/Tahoma camping trip in a few weeks. Jonesing for The Goddess! Happy hiking, All :-)
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