Larrabee State Park - Rock Trail — Saturday, May. 11, 2013

Puget Sound and Islands > Bellingham Area

This outing was a WTA work party to continue construction of the new Rock Trail to Lost Lake. We arrived at the Cyrus Gates Overlook in Larrabee State Park to a welcoming committee of mosquitoes and flies. This welcoming committee had been present in previous days, prompting a few members of the work party to bring mosquito netting to the occasion. Our day was partly sunny, and it remained that way. Our crew leader was Kathy, with ACLs Tomoe and Mike. We hiked down from the overlook along the new trail, which is taking shape nicely. We hiked about 1/2 mile to a section in-progress. About half of the work party cleared organic material and hewed new trail. The rest of us graded trail, removed roots, scraped away organic soil, and moved a large rock or two. After the work was over, we cached some tools, carried the remainder back to the overlook, and enjoyed drinks and cookies. Slugs, snails, and millipedes were out. Wildflowers, in particular bleeding heart, were in bloom. Spring is taking hold in the Chuckanuts.