Lord Hill Regional Park — Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011

Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area

Well this is clearly not a hike for the directionally challenged, as we apparently are. Despite having a map (and using the maps provided for us along the way) we ended up taking 2 (or maybe 3) wrong turns. We intended to hike the Temple Pond Loop, but got way off track. We ended up on the Main Trail down to the Quarry Trail, up the Pipeline Trail (that was a large hill to climb), followed the Main Trail Cutoff until we met up with the Main Trail again and followed that back to the parking lot. Whew. I think we must have hiked 5 or 6 miles when all was said and done. None of the trails we hiked today were particularly scenic. Other than the lovely moss covered trees, there weren't any picturesque streams or mountain vistas to look at. The trail is wide (most of the trails) and well maintained but there were muddy areas to trudge through. The trail is also used by horses so there is the occasional horse poop to navigate around. We passed a few groups on horses, a couple groups of joggers, and some hikers (a few families were out too). I imagine that when the weather is nice it's probably quite popular. To see more of our trip visit http://1retromama.blogspot.com/2011/11/lord-hill-regional-park-snohomish.html .