Lower South Fork Skokomish River — Thursday, Mar. 29, 2001

Olympic Peninsula > Olympia

Repeated trip I did a month ago. This time my companion was my daughter Hannah, visiting from Pittsburgh. There was no snow on the road. There was a little rain in the morning as we started out, then it stopped and we had a a few sun breaks. We went some ways past mile 4 and found a nice place for lunch: a big log perched on a gravel bar. Trees were trying to leaf out, but not there yet. No snow was on the trail, but it was muddier than last month. This time I had running shoes on, and did get my feet wet. Hannah, wisely, wore her boots. There were several fresh trees fallen across the trail (wind or earthquake), including one about 5 feet in diameter just beyond mile 4. It had room to go under. We had about a mile of trail left on our return, beginning to climb the hump at that point, when we saw a herd of about fourteen elk wandering through the wetland below. It was a nice finishing touch to a great outing.