West Twin Beach

We stopped at West Twin Beach along Hwy 112. There is a parking area right at the beach. We walked along the beach for about 0.4 miles. We saw surfers and some shore birds.

Wind Canyon Trail, Theodore Roosevelt National Park

We did the beautiful Wind Canyon Trail in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, a 0.4 mile loop trail with 100 ft of gain. We did the loop clockwise.

Views of Wind Canyon

down towards the Little Missouri River

looking back up Wind  Canyon

Views of the Little Missouri River

boulder along the trail

wildflowers:

  

 

 

Tipsoo Lake

Our second stop on going around Mt Rainier today was Tipsoo Lake. After a picnic lunch, we hiked the loop trail around the lake, about 0.4 - 0.5 miles. The wildflowers were in bloom. Paintbrush by Tipsoo Lake with a view of Naches Peak.

Anemones in bloom with a view of Yakima Peak

Mt Rainier reflecting in Tipsoo Lake

Another view of Tipsoo Lake and Mt Rainier

A beautiful field full of avalanche lilies and paintbrush

Heather and a view of Yakima Peak

 

Twin Firs Trail

 On my drive home, I stopped at the short 0.4 mile loop hike: Twin Firs Trail. This is a nice little walk in the woods with about 30 ft of gain along the loop.

The trail starts here and comes out a short ways down the parking area.












Be careful at these large logs, not to hike around behind them, that is a boot track that stops 0.25 mile in the forest, it is not part of the loop.











Beautiful forest

















some of the fungi and a couple of wildflowers seen along the trail today:

 

Owachomo Bridge Trail

 Our fourth and last hike in Natural Bridges National Monument was the Owachomo Bridge Trail. 0.4 mile round trip with 180 ft elevation loss/gain.

 View of Owachomo Bridge from the overlook.


















Beautiful stone steps along the trail

 Owachomo Bridge from the nearside.

Wide angle view of Owachomo Bridge from the nearside:

 Wide angle view of Owachomo Bridge from the backside: