Author: Shannon

The only obstacle

My last picture I’ll post from the trail.  If anyone is local or visiting Sequim and enjoys hiking, it’s a great trail.  Even if you don’t enjoy hiking, the road up there has many great views and chances to see some wildlife (we saw deer, bunnies and chipmunks on the way up) and wild rhododendrons.   The foot bridge above was my only obstacle.  My husband took the dogs and happily walked over it, not a care in the world.  I got half way across and made the mistake of looking down at the water and just froze.  Couldn’t go back and didn’t want to go forward.  There is no rail on one side and something about that made me feel dizzy and panic.  I made it across and then on the way back when we got to the bridge there were two different sets of people there so I didn’t allow myself to think at all and just went across it.

View from Palo Alto Road

The weather lately has been a little too gloomy and wet for my likes (and the garden) so the sunny day on Saturday was very welcome and we headed up Palo Alto to do some hiking on the Upper Dungeness Trail.  A perk was that it was National Parks weekend so the fees were waived.  It was very muddy in spots, but it’s a beautiful trail that runs right along the river in most sections.   I’ll post a few pictures of that over the next couple of days.