Logistics are important. Jill and Finley are at a Girl Scout camp for the weekend and Derek had planned for his mother to babysit Camden so Derek and I could do a long hike.
But the babysitting did not happen so we downsized the hike and took Camden along. Fun!
We parked near Rattlesnake Lake and went by Christmas Lake to the PTC (Palouse-to-Cascades Trail) for a short jog up to the Cedar Butte trail.
We took the steep way up and the more moderate way down. We saw lots of mountain goat scat (they imported some from the Olympics) along the Cedar Butte trail and, on the way, back, we saw evidence of Beaver Activity:
Slightly cloudy day, not a great view from the top of Cedar Butte:
We had a great time, went about 4.6 miles in 2 hours 20 minutes, not a bad pace, particularly for Derek who was lugging a really big load pretty much the entire way.
Here is an image of our track:
I have had a sterling weekend – I got to babysit Camden on Friday (we saw part of the new Lego movie – Cam did not have the patience to sit through the whole thing), hike on Saturday, have dinner with Brittany Saturday night and join Derek and Cam for another hike today.
Lucky me!