Little Si Trail

[note: sarcasm used generously]

with the sun shining bright, we hit the road to conquer little si. located in north bend, wa, little si boasts an inspiring elevation of 1576 feet and is quite a popular rock climbing area.

if you inspect this photo closely, you should see two of those climbers.

the majority of the hike is through old growth forests, with hints of
a temperate rain forest. [read: lots of shade and moss...

and crazy roots!]

at points the old growth opens to views of boulder
fields/collapses...

and panoramics of mount si.

after an hour and a half of hiking, mostly uphill,
we stand victorious on the summit.
[this is my new favorite photo of andrea! ]

that's right, victorious. 1576 feet!

that's mount si in the background. once the snow melts on mount si
we will conquer that as well! all 4,167 ft!

here's the usgs benchmark to prove our summit!

as we were celebrating, we notice a geo-cache between a rock
and shrub: pull that out and sign the log book! we need to note
this crap!

tuckered out...and ready to relax!

we spend about an hour relaxing and taking in the views
of north bend below.

this is how we decompress.

[for my friend mike. you would have liked it.]
andrea wants to get a fern once we settle into a house...
i totally agree.

andrea thoroughly enjoying the moss on the rocks! :)

after two hours and fifty minutes of meandering up and down
this hill, i feel we will return. maybe on a less crowded day, maybe
with sleeping bags to nap the day away on the summit!