Poo Poo Point — Tuesday, Mar. 4, 2003

Issaquah Alps > Tiger Mountain

Three brave (crazy) soles decided to hike on a day that was suppose to be rainy and breezy. We decided to hike to Poo Poo Point since it's close to home, gives you a nice workout, and hopefully views from the top. The sky was foggy/cloudy, so we didn't think we would have any views by the time we reached the top. We started our hike at 9:40 a.m. and kept a slow, steady pace. The wind was blowing through the trees making erie noises. As we got closer to the top it got colder and it was very windy. Not a soul was up at the point. We arrived at the point at 11:40. The views were beautiful. We were not expecting the views. We could see Lake Sammamish and Lake Washington. We put on all of our outter wear and had a quick lunch, then headed down. We returned to the vehicle at 2 p.m. We saw two people on the trail the entire day and I don't think they were going far. Then of course we had to make a trip to Krispy Kreme for a donut and coffee before heading home to Tacoma. As a side note, when we parked at the trailhead, a young man parked his vehicle next to ours and asked if we were hiking to Poo Poo Point. We of course said yes. He said he was parking there and going to the high school. As we started our hike someone commented that the guy looked older than a high schooler. At that moment I thought to myself that we should not have given the information about our hike to a stranger and I worried if my car had been broken in to by this young man who looked too old for high school. I remember stories about people staying at trailheads to burglarize vehicles. Well, the good news is that my car was okay, but I learned a lesson. Sad that I had to think about this when someone was just being friendly.