She who hikes and climbs

A couple of weekends ago B, L and I signed up to volunteer to check runners in at a race. We were supposed to have left on Friday but it turned out that L and I and were the only ones that went and ended up leaving on Saturday. We were extremely slow in getting over to the East side of the mountains because we stopped and toured a dam and gardens. We finally arrived at camp, checked in and set up, then headed to town because we decided that we wanted to go hiking and stretch our legs. But nothing too far away and not in the mountains since there was still snow and the weather couldn't make up it's mind if it was going to rain or be sunny. Our first hike that we went to was the Methow Community Trail. The trail was very flat and as the sign indicates in the picture below, was closed. The detour lead us across the road. We actually turned around at the very beginning of the trail and were climbing into the car when the lady next to us said that it was a v...