Packwood Lake — Thursday, May. 1, 2003

South Cascades > Goat Rocks

The trip to Packwood Lake was a much better experience than the one on Good Friday. All the blowdowns have been cleared on the footpath as well as on the service road. Nevertheless, My trip to Packwood Saddle was cut short because of the numerous blowdowns there. After about 2 miles, my master turned us around. I didn't have any problems, because I could crawl under the blowdowns (they were high enough for my dog legs), but my master had a hard time scrambling around or over them. He finally gave up because we had to negotiate all of them on the way back. Nevertheless, it was a pleasant experience for te two of us.