watershed park = not so great

The sun has come out! I feel like we've been living under gray skies for weeks on end, and I was starting to get rather grouchy. Luckily, not only was today gorgeous outside, but we had enough free time to go outside for a bit.

We tried to go and explore Morningside Park, but we couldn't find a way to actually get to the park area. It's surrounded by private homes and complexes, and we couldn't really find any trailheads or parking areas. We'd like to visit Yarrow Point/Morningside Park another time though (it sounds like an interesting area - Native Americans originally used the area as a fishing camp), so we'll have to follow these directions the next time we want to go again.

Instead, we ended up driving to another nearby park for a hike instead. Watershed Park wasn't that exciting. The trails were muddy and the views weren't very scenic. There even were some areas that smelled rather bad, and we wonder if it had anything to do with the hundreds of mushrooms that were growing in the area. Blech. We walked a small loop area of 1.5 miles, but unforunately a good portion of that walk is close to the freeway. We definitely didn't feel like we were experiencing nature at its finest.

I don't think we will be visiting Watershed Park again. But hey, we did get to see some sunshine today, which was nice. Let's hope the sunshine sticks around.