Tuesday, 7 June 2016

Grove of Patriarchs

This post documents our first foray out of Packwood and into the mountains. Shortly after entering the Mt Rainier National Park and turning into the Stevens Creek Canyon, we stopped to take the Grove of the Patriarchs trail into the woodlands alongside Ohanapecosh Creek and towards stands of massive trees. It was billed as an easy trail and we thought it would be suitable for Ella and Flynn.

Well the walk was lovely, but had a sting in the tail. The bridge across the river to the Patriarchs was closed for repair and we had to make do with the trail up to that point ... perhaps two-thirds of the total. Still, it was a lovely walk as you can see below.



Fast flowing melt-waters.




Lovely mosses and lichens


The offending bridge, which incidentally a lot of people crossed!



Balancing precariously? Not an easy path to the beach!


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