Tunnel Creek #841

We were not able to do this 2 night backpack as planned. A sign at FS road #2740 proclaimed ""Road Closed August 1-31"". I did not think they would start work on a Friday but did not want to get blocked in so we went into the Quilcene ranger station for additional information. They said they had only heard of the closure the previous day and could not give us any hope that the road would not be blocked that day. We reluctantly hiked the Quilcene River instead.

On the way out on Sunday we drove the ""closed"" road to the trailhead and found 4 cars there that must have arrived on the weekend. We could have done our trip as planned but were deprived of the opportunity by not having a good information source. Oh well, we'll need hikes in the Fall as well.