Began the morning hike from the Beaver Lake Preserve parking lot in Sammamish and took the loop trail to connect to Fred's Trail to hike out to the Hazel Wolf Wetlands. Then hiked the Ann's Loop Trail ccw around the wetlands pond. The trail along the east side of the pond has some ups and downs. Two new turnpikes had been built where the trail crosses over a low bridge at the north end of the pond. This now keeps the trail from being flooded during the rainy season. After the bridge is a side trail going to the observation deck with a nice view of the Hazel Wolf Wetlands Pond. On a clear day you can see Tiger Mtn. to the south, but not today. There were many ducks and Canada Geese enjoying the water and thankful they were not turkeys today.
After a break at the deck continued on around the pond on Ann's Loop Trail where at the second trail junction was a new sign with a large photo of Hazel Wolf in a kayak. The wetland was dedicated to Hazel in 1998 when she was 100 years old. She was a lifelong conservationist.
The trails are in good shape with only one small tree down on Fred's Trail. Made for a good morning hike on Thanksgiving Day.
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