September-October, 2021
We friends (and Finn the dog, who is a friend too) headed out for one last walk on our last afternoon here. Tomorrow morning we will hitch up our trailers and head home. We were so relaxed and happy with the trip. Both rigs would be heading south down the east side of the Cascade Mountains and NOT down the busy Interstate 5 corridor on the west side of the mountain range. It might take a bit longer on the route we chose, but it would be relaxing and so much more beautiful than driving through downtown Seattle, yikes!
But, back to this last afternoon and our walk out into the country around the campground. Did we find bear scat on this walk? Read on … 🙂 Enlarge the photos if you can, this country is beautiful.
We walked to that great old shed again, and the tree with the yellow truck under it. That tree is in the center of the photo below.
And then we walked past the bear scat on the path (now several days old) and up onto the hilltop where I stopped to take the photo below. Those two old remnants of buildings intrigued us so we walked back down the hill to check them out.
The inside of this one (below) was perfectly dry, the metal roof looked secure. You might not want to live here, but I’d bet maybe some animals use it for shelter in the winter.
And then we headed back down towards the lake and back towards the campground.
Not very often, but every once in a while Finn would stop and look back along the path behind us. He surely must know that mammals are here, mammals other than humans.
When Finn stopped in the photo above, it drew my attention to the plant/shrub/tree behind him. Apples!! I thought about picking some but even that short little incline down from the path was steep and covered in debris. Best keep my bones out of danger.
And then we passed another chokecherry tree.
Hey bear, hi bear, ho bear, yum!
And then we ambled on back down the road to the lake and to our campsites. What a great trip this was! We’ll be back to Winthrop and to Lake Pearrygin State Park for sure.
Did we see bear scat today? Nope, no fresh bear scat today. Frankly, I was disappointed. How goofy is that! 🙂
Sigh, heading home in the morning, a long drive, but a happy one.