Point No Point

We went to Point No Point and walked along the beach, great views of Cascade Peaks across Puget Sound. From the parking area we hike about 3 miles round trip.

Lighthouse at Point No Point

zoom of Mt Baker to the NE

Glacier Peak in the distance to the east

zoom of Mt Rainier to the SE

Great Blue Heron and other views we saw this afternoon

Lower Salt River

This morning, we drove to the Maricopa Trail Trailhead between the Salt River and Usery Mountain Regional Park and hiked up an unnamed trail along the Salt River to the Phon D Sutton Picnic Site and back for 4.8 miles. It rained about 1/2" here yesterday, so the trail was soft and not dusty. We started at sunrise.

We had views of Mount McDowell across the Salt River for most of the trail. We took some boot tracks down to the river for views also.

for a short way, we walked through thick arrowweed.

saguaros and Usery Mountain to the southeast

Four Peaks and another peak ot the northeast covered in fresh snow (zoom)

Blue Wash to Camp Creek Falls

This morning we drove to the Blue Wash trailhead near Carefree AZ to hike the Blue Wash Trail to Camp Creek Falls, 2.7 miles round trip with 340 ft of overall elevation gain.View from the start of the trail heading south, in the far distance we could see Four Peaks and Weaver's Needle.

Looking down into Blue Wash, our trail. Lots of lovely rocks lining the wash.

About 1 mile down the trail, the way to Camp Creek Falls is to the left. We found a large arrow marker created out of rocks. There is also a metal post with an arrow showing the correct direction.

Camp Creek Falls

some views as we returned back up the trail