Day 9......Hiking Seattle

So last night I was SO TIRED I feel asleep while Matt was talking with his friends. You guys don't understand, I am an extremely light sleeper. This never happens. Conclusion? I am super duper tired.

Anyways today we went hiking At the Wallace River. I am so out of shape, and so sore, and so tired. But I did it! I hiked yet another mountain!

It was such a relief walking through a forest and hearing running water near by. I cannot live in the desert or in a place without trees. They are fine for visiting, but I need to go back to the woods at some point. I loved walking over the trail of dark soil with tree roots sticking out everywhere and the trees towering over head. The trees were much taller here than they are back home.

Anyways in some of these pictures I was messing around with the art filters on the camera...like below.

 Trees trees trees......TREES
 A carving of a fish in the middle of the woods? Yes please.






 There was a bunch of these signs all over the place. I really got a kick out of them.


So the hike was hard for me. Like I said, I am really out of shape and most of the hike was up a steep incline. I think I strained my achilles tendon in my left ankle, so that hurt too. I am a mess really, but hopefully this will all make me stronger and motivate me to exercise again when I get home.

I really like this area and could see myself settling down here someday. I just wish we had time to go drive out to the Pacific Ocean, but I am sure I will see it in the future...one way or another