A friend and I and my dog hiked this trail today and it was pretty awful to be honest. Very buggy next to the wetland areas (which is to be expected, but it was BAD). The trail was very very overgrown in places and at one point we couldn't even find the trail and decided to turn back, even though the trail is supposed to be a loop. We came back to my dog covered in ticks so that was fun to deal with. It is a neat trail if you don't mind the bugs and if you can navigate your way to find the trail. The wetlands are flooded over the main trail so we had to go off trail at some places. Mother nature sure gave us a mental challenge with this trail today! The trail head is also not marked at all so it is difficult to find, we ended up driving past it the first time. Just is a bundle of gates and fences with a big round metal cow water trough. Good luck to anyone who wants to take on this challenge!

I love it when the weather report is wrong in our favor!  The 90-100% chance of rain in the forecast didn't really materialize, and we had a lovely day for trailbuilding at Fishtrap Lake.  After the work party ended, and since it was so gorgeous outside, I went over the the Scroogie Loop for a post-workparty trail run.  The loop is just a little over 2.5 miles, but I was tired from trailwork so that was just about right.

Tonight's hike with the Spokane Mountaineers was a warm visit to a very overgrown trail at Fishtrap lake.