Canyon Lake Community Forest

7-14-19. Canyon Lake Community Forest.

68-72 F.

10:40am left house.

11:20am left car at gate.

12:35pm, left bike hidden in forest a quarter mile beyond trailhead.

3pm-ish. Made it to Old Growth Trail. Prehistoric trees from the mini ice age over 1000 years ago. 3:45pm--Ridgeview at 4000 feet. Views of Mount Baker (in the clouds) and the Twin Sisters.

4pm Left. Went wrong way, backtracked 1/3rd of a mile.

5:48pm Made it back to bike with a banana slug on it.

6:25pm Made it back to car after 7 miles of hiking and 10-ish miles of biking logging road.

7:12pm, made it to the North Fork Beer Shrine for a well deserved porter and pizza. Soundtrack: 11/30 and 12/2/73. Pinnacle space jams.