Fun times on Noblett's trail near Woodland. We wanted a family outing, but had an errand to run first. That bought the boys at least an hour nap in the car, which served them well this afternoon! We left the trailhead about 3:30, with dinner and snacks and water. We stopped at a lovely spot about an hour later and ate and threw rocks. Then we headed back.
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| Kersplash! |
It's an easy trail with lots of stream access (for rock throwing, of course). There is little elevation gain, but fun roots and rocks to navigate on occasion. It'd be super fun for mountain biking, and it's marked as mountain bike accessible (but no motorized travel). No fee at the trailhead, either, unlike nearby Mirror Lake Highway. We saw one couple with dogs, but nobody else on this first day back at school Monday evening.
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Ian wanted to be carried for just a bit after
that nasty bee stung him on the head. |
Despite the occasional "I don't like this place" and a few bugs and scratchy bushes, I think Ian had a good time. He was swatting at something flying around his head and got stung, however, and was still unimpressed by that come bedtime. The woods and flowers were fragrant, we saw a doe, and there were just a few raspberries. We ate the ripe ones we found. So yummy! Ian got a few good scrapes and Wyatt ate some grass and dirt during dinner (despite our best efforts). Wyatt was awake the whole time and had a blast looking at the scenery - the babbling stream, little waterfalls, trees.
He left us some of the sandwich, thankfully.
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| An attempt at a family pic. |
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| Did you see that? I ate that whole sandwich! |
I will remember to keep it fun and not push too much distance or make it too tiring for Ian to want to do more hiking. Still, I'd like to come back and make sure to have enough carrying devices for two boys. I know of some friends that would join us with their littles and we'd have a great time. Ian didn't have a ton of energy today, as he had an ear infection last week after a two week cold. He's still a little whiny and irritable and not eating very well yet. Next time we'll have even more fun!
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| "This is the best ice cream cone I've EVER TASTED!" |
