Boulder River Falls

Last weekend our friend Meka joined us on a hike to a twin waterfall off of the Boulder River trail. I found this hike on a website which lists hikes in Washington State for young children. This hike was relatively short (only about 1 mile or 1.25 miles one-way), with hardly any change in elevation. It's an easy hike for young kids, although someday I'd like to continue down the rest of the trail (which is 4 miles one-way). There are a lot of trees that have bare branches which are covered in moss, too, which adds an interesting dimension to this area. The river is also full of huge boulders (hence the name), which is fun.

Although this was a really fun hike, it was a longer drive to the trailhead than I anticipated. I read online that this hike was "near Arlington" (which is true, comparatively speaking), but the trailhead is about 30-40 minutes from Arlington, at the end of a long dirt road. We ended up driving in the car for about 1.5 to 2 hours each way. Next time, I would probably plan to do this hike if I was already near the North Cascades.

Thanks for joining us, Meka!

Lately the weather has been really nice around here. I'm hoping that we can go on a few more hikes before the cold and rainy season kicks in.