Our Toughest Yet!
Hello to All, Wednesday 6th The Green State of Washington, if one doesn’t know it already, is truly a beautiful part of the world. We don’t mean the cities or the successful corporations. The natural features of this state continue to amaze us. Okay, that’s probably enough to justify our stipend from the State Forestry and Tourism Board. Now onto one of the best hikes ever. ‘Can you suggest a challenging hike,” we asked. ‘There’s the 4th of July,’ the helpful ranger replied. ‘We were thinking of something much sooner,’ we answered, ‘we are leaving in a couple of days.’ ‘That’s the name of the hike, silly,” she smiled. Statistics: It is twelve or thirteen miles, depending on which trail map one reads. If you ask our thighs, more like eighteen miles. It was a first for us in two departments. Wrock Turn! The elevation gain, wait for it, was 4,500 feet. Wow, although it sounds like we are ‘patting our own backs’, we felt pleased. We are normally happy when the gain is over 2,300 feet. The...