You know things are bad when folks will drive 3 hours round trip for a 3 hour hike! 12 cabin-fevered club hikers showed up for a late-start walk along several of the trails at Millersylvania State Park. We started off at Deep Lake near the boat launch and did quick introductions, then tried to avoid the wettest parts of the trail by hugging the remote parts of the campground. (I am unaware of any precise maps of all the trails, but the Mountaineers' Washington State Parks guidebook gets pretty close.) We made good time to the Environmental Learning Center and the Loop Trail, and took several short breaks. The sun came out a few times. We saw a few trailrunners and several couples out walking dogs. The only native fauna we saw was a large frog sitting in the middle of the trail, oblivious to the fact that he almost got squashed under a boot! SInce everyone seemed to have different plans for the afternoon (Seahawks, Cabela's, Portland, etc.) we skipped the usual post-hike snack and went our separate ways.
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