Bridal Veil Falls Revisit

We headed out to Bridal Veil Falls with another former coworker/longtime friend who had come to visit. I forgot how rough the climbing is on this hike. K handled everything like a champ. H preferred to be carried, and thank goodness for carriers. Oddly, the photos are in backwards order. I'm gonna let it slide. I took no photos on the way back, I was enjoying not struggling on the trail like I had on the way up.

We had a nice siesta at the falls with snacks, enjoying the white noise of the falling water and the view across the valley.

She's a ham for the camera.

Curse you endless stairs

Much of the trail

It was a cooler day and while the parking lot was busy, we got there mid-afternoon on a Sunday and we had no trouble finding a parking spot in the main lot.

Kids need to stand on rocks. It's apparently a thing. And what big sister does, little sister must also do.

Barclay Lake

This is another repeat hike, but it's also been so long that I'm not minding traversing the same trails. Plus, a lot of the hikes we did, especially with family or friends, were also good ones for kids.

I was tasked with picking a hike out for Eric's coworkers to join us on. Since we were all coming from the Everett area, I picked a hike out along Rte 2, Barclay Lake! The elevation gain is minimal and the total mileage roundtrip is about 4.4. Easy for Kaylee, and given the fact it wasn't steep, easy to carry Hazel. You do need a Northwest Forest Pass, or you can pay a $5 day use fee at the trail head.

 The trail undulates along, sometimes in this clearer forest type of landscape, other times you're fighting past summer plant growth that wants to take over the trail.