Walked the full exterior loop of the Redmond Watershed area from the northern trailhead parking lot off NE 133rd Saturday morning before the rain showed up. With a couple out and back excursions to the various ponds the total mileage was a shy 5 miles. The trail crew folks keep this place really nicely maintained with no trail issues, super kudos. The restrooms at the main south lot are open but there are no facilities at the north lot. Link to current covid19 status here - https://www.redmond.gov/1356/Covid-19-Coronavirus-Information
Pretty much all the fall color is gone now - settling for winter. We were hoping to spot some mushrooms but there seem to be hardly any this year - much fewer than the last couple years. Must be a cyclical thing or something. We did get to see a mamma doe with a couple yearling fawns up in the northeast corner and there were some ducks on the ponds. One other item of note - there is what appears to be a scrape tree along the eastern side - it is dead so probably not bear, maybe cougar? (Maybe just a super aggressive woodpecker? Mysterious climbing beaver? Who knows..) A nice little forest walk with lots to see.
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