Mason Lake Wildflower Hike

We had a most wonderful hike to Mason Lake today. Many kinds of wildflowers out and thanks to Maureen and Deb we now know the names of all of them!!! Low fog much of the way, but it parted when we reached the lake for wonderful views. No bugs!

 

Annette Lake Drizzle and Mud

We had a wonderful hike in the mud today. It was a bit drizzly at the start, but was mostly dry from the skies. The ground was another thing, mud, rocks and tree roots, nothing we couldn't handle though. Got an early enough start and had the trail to ourselves until the way down. Maybe the weather kept a few people away. There were many full creeks and streams, wildflowers including the last of the trillium, boulders and downed trees, oh and did I saw mud??

A Few New Photos

Here are a few more photos from last weekend of events!

Before

After

Hot, Hot Weekend of Events

Congratulations to our running and walking racers this weekend.

At the North Olympic Discovery Marathon (NODM):
Half marathon: Barb N, Barb S, Becky, Cris, Dana, Erin, Jamie, Leslie, Rachel, Sabina, Scott, Tristan
10 km: Sarah
It was also a celebration and memorial for Sugar, a team member who passed away in the middle of our training. It would have been his first 1/2 marathon.

At the Windermere 1/2 Marathon in Spokane: Judy and Max

Then we had our bike riders battling the heat on both sides of the mountains.

4 Day Eastern Washington tour:
Alyson, Ann, Carol, Deb Fe, John, Linda, Niki, Sandra

At Flying Wheels:
Mari and Merilyn

At the Apple Century in Wenatchee:
Alex, Carrie, Karen D, Karen W, Mike

Then we have people:
In the Amazon (the real one)
Hiking with fabulous views of Mt Rainier
Riding the new trail which will soon go between Bellevue and Seattle on 520
And wildlife in the Arboretum on during our run group