Why it all started.
I grew up hiking, but it has been in the last 3 years that I really started getting "serious" about it. It all started because I was viewing all of these hikes that people had done, and I was like I need to go there, and there, and there and there, oh and there. So I made a list with my best friend; (because at the time I was in college and tired of sitting all day in class and doing homework.) So we decided that we would start hiking on our days off. We have done a lot of hikes in the last 3 years; (29 to be exact) and since I have 3 kids we try and do kid friendly hikes, but at the same time we have done not so easy ones (Lake 22) because I know that my kids can do it and it is good for them. I want them outside and they need it. I have also found that my hiking list is being added to faster than I am checking them off. There are so many cool hikes, climbs and places to go and see in Washington I would love to do them all!
Here is the list of Completed hikes.
1) Table Mountain
2) Big 4 Ice caves
3) Wallace Falls
4) Lake 22
5) Franklin Falls
6) Fragrance Lake
7) Whistle Lake
8) Pilchuck Tree Farm
9) Heather Lake
10) Mount Pilchuck
11) Goose Rock
12) Old Monte Cristo/Old Robe Trail
13) Oyster Dome
14) Padilla Bay Trail
15) Boulder Creek Trail/Boulder Falls
16) Lake Ann-Rainey Pass Hwy 20
17) Baker Lake
18) Whitehorse Trail
19) Little Cranberry, Big Beaver & Little Beaver-Anacortes
20) Whatcom Falls
21) Red Top Lookout
22) Old Sauk
23) Beaver Lake
24) White Chuck Bench
25) Clear Creek
26) Eagle Falls
27) Heybrook Trail
28) Little Mountain-Mount Vernon
29) Lake Dorothy-Alpine Lakes Wilderness
30) Artist Point
Hikes to Complete
1) Skagit Wildlife Area
2) Boardman Lake
3) Lookout Mountain Forest Preserve
4) Sharpe Park
5) Young Hill/Bell Point
6) Greenbank Farm
7) Iceberg Point
8) Chain Lakes
9) Winchester Lookout
10) Skyline Divide
11) Yellow Aster Butte
12) Heliotrope Ridge
13) Church Mountain
14) Hannegan Peak
15) Twin Falls-Snoqualmie Falls
16) Marymere Falls-Olympic National Park
17) Murhut Falls-Olympic National Park
18) Bridal Veil Falls-Hwy 20
19) Carter Falls-Mount Rainier
20) Myrtle Falls-Mount Rainier
21) McClellan Butte
22) Ancient Lakes
23) Tubal Cain/Tull Canyon
24) Ginkgo Petrified Forest
25) Pine and Cedar Lakes
26) Kendall Katwalk
27) Thorton/Trappers Lakes
28) Gold Creek Pond
29) Mailbox Peak
30) 3 Fingers
31) Snoqualmie Mountain
32) Mt. Si Haystack
33) Lanham Lake
34) Blue Lake
35) Park Butte
36) Cutthroat Lakes
37) Vesper Peak
38) Harts Pass
39) Slate Peak
40) Davis Peak
41) Bacon Peak
42) Bonanza Peak
43) Mount Saint Helens
44) Stehekin
45) Trappers Peak-North Cascades
46) Beckler Peak
47) Abercrombie Peak
Please feel free to follow along on our journey, I hope that it inspires you to make your own list or do our list and that it shows you that kids no matter the age can get out and hike. There might be some complaining or in some cases lots of complaining, but they will do it!
Here is the list of Completed hikes.
1) Table Mountain
2) Big 4 Ice caves
3) Wallace Falls
4) Lake 22
5) Franklin Falls
6) Fragrance Lake
7) Whistle Lake
8) Pilchuck Tree Farm
9) Heather Lake
10) Mount Pilchuck
11) Goose Rock
12) Old Monte Cristo/Old Robe Trail
13) Oyster Dome
14) Padilla Bay Trail
15) Boulder Creek Trail/Boulder Falls
16) Lake Ann-Rainey Pass Hwy 20
17) Baker Lake
18) Whitehorse Trail
19) Little Cranberry, Big Beaver & Little Beaver-Anacortes
20) Whatcom Falls
21) Red Top Lookout
22) Old Sauk
23) Beaver Lake
24) White Chuck Bench
25) Clear Creek
26) Eagle Falls
27) Heybrook Trail
28) Little Mountain-Mount Vernon
29) Lake Dorothy-Alpine Lakes Wilderness
30) Artist Point
Hikes to Complete
1) Skagit Wildlife Area
2) Boardman Lake
3) Lookout Mountain Forest Preserve
4) Sharpe Park
5) Young Hill/Bell Point
6) Greenbank Farm
7) Iceberg Point
8) Chain Lakes
9) Winchester Lookout
10) Skyline Divide
11) Yellow Aster Butte
12) Heliotrope Ridge
13) Church Mountain
14) Hannegan Peak
15) Twin Falls-Snoqualmie Falls
16) Marymere Falls-Olympic National Park
17) Murhut Falls-Olympic National Park
18) Bridal Veil Falls-Hwy 20
19) Carter Falls-Mount Rainier
20) Myrtle Falls-Mount Rainier
21) McClellan Butte
22) Ancient Lakes
23) Tubal Cain/Tull Canyon
24) Ginkgo Petrified Forest
25) Pine and Cedar Lakes
26) Kendall Katwalk
27) Thorton/Trappers Lakes
28) Gold Creek Pond
29) Mailbox Peak
30) 3 Fingers
31) Snoqualmie Mountain
32) Mt. Si Haystack
33) Lanham Lake
34) Blue Lake
35) Park Butte
36) Cutthroat Lakes
37) Vesper Peak
38) Harts Pass
39) Slate Peak
40) Davis Peak
41) Bacon Peak
42) Bonanza Peak
43) Mount Saint Helens
44) Stehekin
45) Trappers Peak-North Cascades
46) Beckler Peak
47) Abercrombie Peak
Please feel free to follow along on our journey, I hope that it inspires you to make your own list or do our list and that it shows you that kids no matter the age can get out and hike. There might be some complaining or in some cases lots of complaining, but they will do it!
Love the name, the narrative, and the pictutes! It's inspirational and terrific all around!
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