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We began at Steamboat Landing and headed East on the Dike trail to Steigerwald Wildlife Refuge to the gated, Eastern boundary where we backtracked to the Eastern entrance of the Wildlife Art Trail. On the Art trail a deer and her fawn crossed the trail in front of us. On the return trip we passed Steamboat Landing, continuing West onto the Washougal Waterfront trail, which was new territory for us.
The trail is in fine condition. There were plenty of people hiking, biking, running, and taking their beach gear across the Dike trail to Columbia River access points (coolers, chairs, kayaks, paddle boards, etc.).
Bugs were non-existent with exception of periodic clouds of small, light-colored bugs, at face level.
In all we covered ~12 miles.
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Had a nice walk here! I wanted to show my mom the new work done here recently before we had to head to the airport, so we just got a couple miles in, but we saw a big flock of Canada geese, some swifts, a couple egrets, and a handful of ducks along with some standard LBBs.
The trail is wide and flat with packed gravel and no obstructions, with benches dotted along the way.
The bathrooms are open and fairly clean, and the birds seem happy! I really want to come back and see the full system, ideally when its sunny and the trees are in full leaf.