Last Sunday, we took a drive to the far east-end of our county to a little town called Packwood. From there, we drove about 5 miles into the Gifford Pinchot National Forest so that we could hike to Packwood Lake.
Unlike our adventure in July to find a hidden lake, this was a well-tread path that led us deep into the woods and brought us right to the lake. The forest was gorgeous. Green moss on the floor... towering trees...peaceful and quiet. It was a 4.5 mile hike into the lake from the trailhead. We wandered around the lake a bit, but didn't get the whole way around due to time constraints.
Connor tried to catch some trout... Marie was hoping to find wild blackberries... Neither of us had any luck. But, we still considered it a lovely day. On our hike back to the car (about an hour and a half), we said our prayers and counted our blessings... Called it church for the week. It was perfect.
looks like a nice hike :) 10 miles sure is ambitious... I'm lucky if I get 2.6 out at Umstead with Honey once in a while.
ReplyDeleteThat looks absolutely beautiful. I know you two aren't planning to stay in WA forever, but man, I don't know if I would ever get sick of that serenity and lovely scenery.
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