A good leg stretcher with some interesting railroad history behind it. Driving east to dry out, we decided to take this little walk. The small dam was built to supply electricity to trains entering the long tunnel, since they couldn't burn fuel in the tunnel. Cross the pedestrian bridge and walk along the old track. Some of the old spikes can still be seen. The trail abruptly ends by a big pile of rocks. The river is very swift now, and as a reminder, there is a memorial cross to two people who drowned here.

This easy trail is 2.4 miles RT with only 100 ft elevation gain. As Craig Romano states in his book, "Day Hiking Central Cascade", the highlight of this hike is the old iron bridge spanning the Wenatchee River. Several people were enjoying the trail today. Paintbrush, star flower, lupine, penstemon, and Nootka Rose were some of the flowers seen.

We just took a walk on the Tumwater Pipeline Trail. It was a very nice walk and great for kids. The trail was well groomed. You get to cross a couple creeks and the wildflowers and butterflies were abundant. A great place to stop for lunch about 1.2 miles in.

Wanted a quick hike my last day in Leavenworth while my wife was bumming around town and figured this would be a nice one. The parking lot has room for about 10 cars and there was no one else there when I arrived @ 9AM on a Thursday. The trail was flat and well maintained, the only problem I ran into was mosquitoes (spent the previous day white water rafting the river and didn't have any problems with bugs so went without any bug spray). Along the way, there are plenty of good vantage spots to sit on a rock and enjoy the river/have a picnic. Only downer is that Highway 2 is always in site when you can see the river. This would be a great hike to take kids on! The description makes it seem that the end of the trail is very apparent, but it wasn't to me, there was a big boulder at a pretty good angle that I didn't risk trying to shimmy across so not sure if that was the end, I had already past the end or if the trail continued past this obstacle.