North Fork Sauk River — Friday, Jun. 15, 2018

The recent rains had the positive effect of reducing the usual dust.  Unfortunately all the potholes were filled with water, so the car was coated with mud instead of dust.  At the intersection with FS49 a sign was posted reporting Road Damage Ahead.  Considering the usual state of the road, this did give me pause.  Went ahead anyway and soon came to a spot where a creek had damaged the road.  A temporary patch job made it passable and on I went.  Just before reaching the trailhead parking lot there was another creek damage/stopgap repair.  This one was rougher, but the Honda was able to survive.  At 10 am I was only the second vechile in the lot.  A pickup with horse trailer made it too.  Mosquitoes pretty bad at the parking lot, but not a problem beyond.  The hike was wonderful.  Only went up two miles.  6 people, 4 dogs, 1 horse and too many Pacific wrens to count.