Umtanum Creek Canyon — Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017

This trail from the parking lot at the Yakima River is an adventure, though essentially without elevation gain.  We hiked in across the bridge, following the instructions on the WTA description as best we could.  Even so there were plenty of side trails and ways to wander off the "main" trail.  All river crossings were easily navigated at this point.  We saw evidence of beaver activity, but very few birds.  We passed several old sites that could have been homesteads, with apple and walnut trees and the last one had a nice picnic table on the creek side of the trail. We probably got 2.5 miles in on this trail and could have gone on, but a storm was brewing and we headed back before getting to an obvious end of the trail.