Figured since it was warm with about 200% humidity, it was a perfect time to hike the city trails with RedPandu.

Started near the library in North Bend and headed down Snoqualmie Valley Trail towards the golf course. Cut over to Meadowbrook Farms at the entrance to the course and proceeded back towards the farm building. Stopped to say "Hi" to some geese and spotted a couple of snakes enjoying the weather on the boardwalk through the trees (if you want to find snek, this is where you find snek).

At the building, had to walk on the shoulder of the road towards the new sports complex before cutting through some parking lots, past Frisky Girl Farm, and back up to Snoqualmie Valley trail, snacking on some trailside berries along the way. 

We wanted to see if the goats and sheep were out, so we decided to take the small trail along the South Fork down to Feral Woman Farm and watched the goats, sheep, and other creatures from the trail.

Blasted over the bridge and a short walk through town back to the car.

Deets:

• 4.44 miles
• 14 vertical feet (I think it was the ramp)
• 1:29 min total time

It was a gorgeous day, and I wanted to spend every minute I could soaking up the sunshine! This trail was perfect for that. The larger loop at Meadowbrook has a great view of Mount Si. There is a stretch of VERY muddy/swampy trail that cannot be avoided. We tried to balance on some fallen logs but the stagnant water is several inches deep and the branches sank right in along with our feet. Not pleasant, but I'd rather learn that my boots are no longer waterproof here than on a backpacking trip :) We added on a stretch of the Snoqualmie Valley Trail, entering through the dog park, to make a longer hike of about 5 miles. We saw a mid sized garter snake at the dog park parking lot sunning itself. Other wildlife sightings included a few turkey vultures, a green heron, and about 50 robins. No elk sightings today.

Went on a little ramble this afternoon at Meadowbrook Farm with a friend and her dog, and other than the wind and some hail, great place to stretch our legs! Parts of the trail were very muddy and/or covered in water, and we had to turn around at one point and begin back on the paved path because we could not navigate the water through the gravel path. We ended up turning around from the paved path a little early as well because our furry friend decided to roll around in some elk scat, and we wanted to get him back to the car to clean him up :) I'd like to come back and try to make the loop all the way around the Farm next time it's not so wet outside!

A friend and I headed for Meadowbrook farm on this drizzly morning. We parked at Centennial Fields Park which is adjacent to Meadowbrook Farm and has the benefit of full service bathrooms.  We started by crossing the road (Southeast Park St.) and the Three Forks dog park to access the Snoqualmie Valley Trail, which we took northwest (left) until the old trestle bridge over the Snoqualmie River.  The river was evidently running high with all the rain we've been having.  We turned around and headed southeast along the rail trail until it hit the Mt Si Golf Course parking lot, exited, and crossed over to the Meadowbrook Farm trail system, continuing south on the paved path adjacent to the road.  We intended to complete a loop of the Meadowbrook Farm area to return back to Centennial Fields Park but were blocked by major trail flooding at the Camas Meadow area (see map).  There was maybe 6 inches of standing water and no obvious way to go through or around.  So we decided to turn around and go back the way we came.  This made for a bit longer walk of about 6 miles, which took us approximately 2 hours.  Otherwise, the Meadowbrook trails we used were generally in great shape with a mix of paved, gravel, and boardwalk.  There was also some minor standing water on the section of trail between the Central Meadow and Hwy 202, but we just hopped up onto the shoulder of the road to go around.  It was drizzling so Mt Si wasn't visible, nor did we see the elk herd on our walk this time but they seem to generally be a pretty sure bet the other times I've been here.

Bottom line - it's a great trail for a low-key walk, but be prepared to retrace your steps and the longer distance this entails vs. a loop during wet seasons.

Quick walk around the Meadowbrook Farm trails early Sunday morning in the rain.  Parking is easy, free and relatively plentiful at the paved lot off Boaich Ave NW.  There are no restroom facilities unless the info center building is open, (which it wasn’t.)  The paved and gravel trails were all in good shape but all the grass/dirt trails (to make the full exterior loop) were pretty wet.

The big draw today was the big local elk herd - they were down from the hills and in the main field.  Looked like about 200 head.  Big ones, little ones, males, females, yearlings altogether.  Watched a pair of younger males play fight with their antlers locked for nearly 15 minutes.  Pretty darn amazing.