For this week’s hike I wanted to get out and see some fall colors and maybe get some mushrooms. The Dosewallips is a good place for fall colors, but no good for mushrooms. So it would be just fall colors and no mushrooms today.
Just past Hoodsport I realized that I had left my lunch in
the fridge. I stopped at the Brinnon
store to buy food. I walked out with a
bag of sunflower seeds, two pepperoni sticks, an Uno bar and a bag of gummy
bears for $9.05.
I was able to drive all the way to the washout in my little
car. The spot one mile before the
washout where the culvert washes out nearly every year was a little rough, but
my car sits extremely low. Most people
will be able to fly right over that spot.
There were a few more potholes on the road than usual and I hit a couple
of them a little bit too hard.
Hunters were cruising up and down the road looking for
something to kill. Old men looking for
one last kill before they die. I wish
some of them would put more thought into their legacy and the planet they are
leaving behind.
I started my hike at about 10am. The morning fog had just lifted and the
weather was sunny. The air was warm for
a late October day. The maple trees were
showing lots of color but, not for much longer.
I took a lot of picture using the tilt shift setting on my
new camera. I’m having so much fun
playing with all of the silly settings on my new camera. I had intended to take my older lighter
camera hiking and save my new camera for work in town, but that’s now how it’s
working out at all.
I was feeling tired, so I ate my bag of gummy worms while I
trudged up the hill next to Dosewallips falls.
At the old car campground I heated water for a cup of
instant coffee with cocoa, Nido and sugar.
I also ate half of my sunflower seeds.
I wandered around taking pictures of old picnic tables and stuff before
I headed back out.
The coffee and lunch break really energized me. I felt very good at the start of my hike out
and I had more fun taking pictures. By
the time I reached Elkhorn camp I was a bit tired again so I stopped there,
wandered around a bit and had a second cup of coffee. The days are getting short, but I was not worried
about having to hike out in the dark. I
was having too much fun out in the woods.
I did not get to hike nearly as much as I wanted to this year with my
mother’s death and my husband’s failing health.
I finished my hike at about 6:30 pm, maybe a bit later.
11 miles with 1,100 feet elevation gain
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| The washout in miniature |
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| Tricholoma sp. is my guess |
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