Saturday, May 12, 2012

Burfoot Park Hike & Volksmarch

I can't believe we have had 6 straight weekends of sunny & warm weather!  I hope this trend continues because it sure makes it much more fun to spend time outside.  This morning we completed a 5k volksmarch through Burfoot Park and down to the Boston Harbor Marina.  6 of us attended this combined Yoh! event.  We had 2 new people-Paula & Victoria-as well as the olde hikers (Susan, Tammy, Brenda & Gabby) and 3 rascally dogs (Winston, Pace & Lily).  We enjoyed gorgeous views of the water & Olympics as well as lots of plants that are blooming due to the unusually warm weather.  Thanks to everyone who came!

We  started down this trail to the beach at Burfoot. 


I was so bummed this photo came out a bit blurry.

Brenda & Pace on the beach.

Gabby, Susan & Winston

So beautiful!


Gabby takes such great photos!



Lovely rhody.
Not sure what these blossoms are-cherry?


Olympics in the background.




We saw tons of kayakers on the water.  It was the perfect day for it.


Gabby took this photo for Paula.


Such a serious face!
Hard to tell, but these peonies were HUGE!  We were all admiring them.

Lilacs-one of my favorite.  I have to get one for my yard.


Paula wanted a photo of this, too.  I assume it is the sink?



The only group photo that wasn't blurry-darn camera!  Brenda w/Pace, Susan w/Winston, Paula, Tammy w/Lily.  Gabby took the photo and Victoria had already split off from us.  She walked the 10k while we did just the 5k.

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Snoqualmie Falls & Tiger Mountain

Only 3 of us made it to the Yoh! hike today at Snoqualmie Falls.  It actually was a bit disappointing because the lower part of the viewing area was closed due to construction.  The sign said it wouldn't be open again until May 2013.  We did see the upper portion of the falls & the town of Snoqualmie.  Afterwards we stopped at the east side of Tiger Mountain off Highway 18 for a picnic lunch & short hike.  I wish we would have had more time to explore the numerous trails there.  It was a very beautiful area.  We all agreed that we will put east Tiger Mountain on our list of future Yoh! hikes.

Snoqualmie River where it drops off.


Corey & Kassia on the bridge.

Although we didn't get to see the entire falls, what we saw was pretty impressive.


At Tiger Mountain





We saw this really cute & muddy Corgi who had been out mountain biking with his owner.