It tried to snow yesterday....made a pretty good effort but didn't stick....the mountains at the end of Lake Chelan got a nice new dusting....made for a pretty sight this morning....the hills are really starting to melt off down in the lower valleys...grass is starting to show.....I am ready to start hiking.....I probably need to unload my snowshoes out of my Yakima box....get some backpacks ready for the trail....February and March can be rather depressing months...the transition period between winter and spring seems to really drag out...looking forward to hitting some trails and exploring new area....haven't made a list of places to visit...In the past I have always checked the weather for the week...of course haven't found a weather man that tells the truth or can predict the weather correctly.....check Washington Trails site for recent trip reports...see whats blooming...or free of snow...and decided on a place to hike....I am very eager to try to hike Maple Pass this year when the heather is in bloom....I seem to keep missing the timing the last couple of years....I've only caught it a time or two....and Cascade Pass is a hike we have on the to do list for sure...hopeful in good weather.....anyway as the snow continues to melt...gives us hope that spring is on the way....not that I wouldn't be happy with another snow storm or two...just might be tossed out of the office by fellow workers....they are ready to go swimming in Lake Chelan.....
Echo Basin was our last early spring hike in the Eastern Washington area. We were planning to hike the Frenchman Coulee side that heads toward the waterfall but changed our mind due to the amount of cars parked at the trail head. So down the road just a little ways we went to hike the Echo Basin trail. Even with a early start the sun was way too bright, not hot, just bright. We hiked up the jeep trail that starts on the left hand side of the road as your facing the Columbia River. Didn't seem like a real exciting trail till we reached the sand dunes, which put us closer to the rock walls. Up and over the sand dunes and on up a goat trail to get above the walls. Without really knowing were we were going we just winged it. Lots of faint trails and trails in the sand, hard to know which was the true trail. The rock walls are huge and fascinating, the columns are even more interesting up close. We hiked until we had a view looking down into Echo Basin, and a nice look at th
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