Church Creek — Sunday, Jul. 28, 2013

Olympic Peninsula > Olympia

We started in a very secluded parking lot and started our adventure over an Olympic Mountain pass to find Satsop Lakes. The parking lot is in the headwaters of the Skokomish River that drains into the Hood Canal, while the water at Satsop Lakes drains into the Chehalis River: pretty neat. The trailhead isn't marked, but is well maintained. For the first mile, we climbed through old stands of firs and meadows of huckleberries. The second mile was pretty much the same, but we were going downhill. There wasn't any flowing water after the first half mile until you get to the first lake. Also, there were a fair number of biting insects, but nothing too heinous. We didn't see anyong else, hear any cars, or even an airplane. That's a pretty tough find for western washington on a weekend!