Lower South Fork Skokomish River Hike

This morning 5 people & 2 dogs hiked the beautiful Lower South Fork Skokomish River trail.  In all we covered about 5 miles.  The trail description said that at mile 3 there is a bridge over the river, but we never did find it.  We must have turned around too soon. 

  There were hardly any people on the trail.  We saw a couple of mountain bikers, tons of slugs & no snakes which was awesome!  We did have a daring water rescue after Winston slipped off a log & fell into the river.  Luckily he wasn't hurt, just a little surprised.  Corey's quick thinking saved him!!  He made it back to the car a bit tired, a lot muddy, and alive! 

Winston so excited to get going!  He's waiting impatiently for folks to arrive.

Finally! We made it to the trail head.

Brenda and her buddy Pace.

Corey & Clarissa

We had to sign in and state our intent.  Luckily we made it back and they didn't have to come looking for us!

One of many slugs we encountered.  We saw some gray & black spotted ones, but the photo I took was blurry :(

Corey pointing out some berries.  Brenda did a bit of foraging on the trail.  There were several different berry varieties to choose from.

Pam caught foraging, too!

The Skokomish River in the background.

Susan, Brenda and Clarissa

The trees were beautiful.  I believe that is lichen that is hanging from the branches.

The trail was in good shape, but hilly.  We only encountered a few muddy spots. 

Corey tying her shoes while Pace checks out the moss.

Winston wanted to be in the picture, too!

Creek crossing.

Small waterfall.

Peekaboo view of the river.  We could not go down to it from here.

Winston got so muddy.  You can see his back paws are black.  He decided to jump on poor Clarissa.

A souvenir- his muddy prints on her pants.

Another precarious creek crossing.

We finally made it to the river!  This is where we stopped & ate our lunch.

Pam soaking her feet.

Winston loved walking around in the river.

Where Corey goes, Winston goes.  This is when he slipped off the log and into the water.

Help!

Saved!

Group photo: Clarissa, Pam, Brenda w/Pace, Susan and Corey in front with Winston.  Why does he never look into the camera?  Must have seen a squirrel.

Corey & Pam on this really long fallen tree.  It was probably over 150 feet in length.

View of the tree toward the roots at the end.  It was hard to capture how truly long it was.