Here's how Gavin spent his day instead of hiking.
Crossing Silver Creek a couple hundred feet from the trailhead. This was the only water available on the route. The waterfall on the left appears to be an old…
Commence the uphill switchbacks. Thankfully there was plenty of shade since it was a little warm down low.
One of only 3 decision points on the hike. We chose the bottom one which led to blueberries and a very steep trail of loose dirt.
We're going there! Actually, no, we're not. That's way too far away. It's Thorp Mountain, with its lookout, which is reachable from the trailhead we started…
The south end of Kachess Lake.
Blueberry snack time. The lightly traveled trail had so many berries.
Once the blueberries ended it was time to crank up the steepness and make an almost vertical shot to the ridge.
Peekaboo I see you Mt. Rainier. It's funny how she just pops up while hiking.
Lake Easton to the left and Kachess Lake to the right with I-90 somewhere in there.
Scragglemonster stump.
Up, up, up we go.
