Sammamish River Trail 2/12/2020

RR Bridge

I did something a little different today.

I parked at the Woodinville Sports Field parking lot intending to do my usual Tolt Pipe Line hike. That hike starts on the Sammamish River Trail and, after only a few hundred yards on the river trail you intersect the pipe line trail. Today, when I got to the pipe line trail I walked a short way to get a closer look at a couple of horses:

Horses

But then, just to be different, I turned around and went back to the river trail. I am glad I did.

This trail is pretty flat and (not surprisingly) runs along the side of the river for miles and miles. I determined to walk an hour and then turn around. It was so much fun I extended it to an hour and a half, making this a nice 3-hour walk.

Plenty of things to see along the way. A little snail, for example. Finally someone I can outpace:

Snail on the Trail

I silently wished this little creature good luck, as there are a lot of bicyclists zooming by, and it would be easy to run it over.

There were various river scenes:

River Living
The River

Next time I do this walk I will bring the Garmin to map it out and see how long it is. 90 minutes each way, I am guessing about nine miles out and back?

Anyway, it was a fun walk. Rain back in the forecast starting tonight but I take my opportunities when they appear.