Otter Falls

Today was an overcast, yet dry, day in Seattle, so Margaret, Chris and I headed to the mountains to find the rain. After all, what's Memorial Day weekend in Seattle without rain? And boy, did we find it. It rained the entire time we were hiking -- all 6 hours of it. We started off with a nice steep "warm-up lap" before we got on the correct trail because I took a wrong turn (note: Margaret has known me for 12 years...hasn't she figured out by now not to follow me when hiking??). We picked our way across overflowing creeks. We scrambled over mud and rock slides. Cowboy realized he was more afraid of getting left behind than of rushing water, and braved his way across the creeks. We reached one of the more impressive waterfalls I've seen in a long time and were amazed that it's not better known (granted, we did have to ford several streams and climb off-trail through the woods to find it). We slogged our way back to the trailhead, turned the heat all the way up in the car, then made our way to the North Bend Bar & Grill to drip by the fire and fill up with prime rib and mashed potatos. All in all, it was a great (albeit wet) day!