Greenwater
Michael & I recently went looking for some close activities to stretch our legs and get some fresh air. However, both times our plans had to be altered.
We first hoped to take the dogs on a nice hike through the Federation Forest. Olympia's legs are getting worse and we figured the level walk wouldn't tax her mobility too much. Snow and a closed gate greeted us upon our arrival. What to do? The solution was easy enough.
Parking at the end of a forest road, we meandered along through the woods, clear-cuts and re-plantings above highway 410. We did run into snow, but we had the road to ourselves except for one little critter (I think it was a fox) dashing through the trees above us. The dogs were able to run free and chase each other and generally tucker themselves out. We managed 3 miles round trip with only slight limping from Olympia. Still breaks my heart that she can't join us on all our adventures.
Our next trip was to be a snowshoe with friends along the Skookum Flats trail. Let me tell you, the snow is not all it's cracked up to be right now. If you want to get some good snowshoeing in, my recommendation would be to head high up into the mountains. The snow was hard and crusty and littered with tree debris from all the recent storms. Not fun at all to navigate through.
Instead, we returned to Greenwater to ask around about a good place to head. The best answer was to head out into the forest and fields behind the community center where we could freely tromp with the dogs and possibly even see elk. No elk but we meandered through the trees and along the roads for 3 hours before deciding to head back into town for some well deserved lunch.
So even though our original plans didn't work out, we still got to enjoy life along highway 410.
Michael & I recently went looking for some close activities to stretch our legs and get some fresh air. However, both times our plans had to be altered.
We first hoped to take the dogs on a nice hike through the Federation Forest. Olympia's legs are getting worse and we figured the level walk wouldn't tax her mobility too much. Snow and a closed gate greeted us upon our arrival. What to do? The solution was easy enough.
Parking at the end of a forest road, we meandered along through the woods, clear-cuts and re-plantings above highway 410. We did run into snow, but we had the road to ourselves except for one little critter (I think it was a fox) dashing through the trees above us. The dogs were able to run free and chase each other and generally tucker themselves out. We managed 3 miles round trip with only slight limping from Olympia. Still breaks my heart that she can't join us on all our adventures.
Our next trip was to be a snowshoe with friends along the Skookum Flats trail. Let me tell you, the snow is not all it's cracked up to be right now. If you want to get some good snowshoeing in, my recommendation would be to head high up into the mountains. The snow was hard and crusty and littered with tree debris from all the recent storms. Not fun at all to navigate through.
Instead, we returned to Greenwater to ask around about a good place to head. The best answer was to head out into the forest and fields behind the community center where we could freely tromp with the dogs and possibly even see elk. No elk but we meandered through the trees and along the roads for 3 hours before deciding to head back into town for some well deserved lunch.
So even though our original plans didn't work out, we still got to enjoy life along highway 410.
