Avalanche Lake

Terri and I drove to the Apgar Transit Center and took a shuttle bus to the Avalanche Creek stop.  Our hike started on the Trail of Cedars trail, a wheelchair accessible .5 mile path with paved paths and boardwalks through an area of ferns and moss while strolling through a Western Red Cedar grove.  The main trail we wanted to take split off to follow Avalanche Creek.  It was advertised as a 2 mile (one way) trail with a rise in elevation of only 500 ft.  It was a wonderful choice.

The day was partly cloudy, much improved over the past few days of scattered rain.  We left the trail head at about 10:30am and arrived at Avalanche Lake about 12.  The trail was damp and had many muddy spots.  We left there at 12:30 and got back down in 50 minutes, just as it started to rain.  Perfect timing.

We rode the shuttle back to the truck, and then drove west to explore what was out there.  We were looking for a grocery store to pick up a few things but didn't find anything in the small town of Coram.  We did find a nice store in Hungary Horse and picked up what we needed.  From the parking lot, I saw a kettle corn stand (pop corn) and we went to pick some up.  It was next to a volunteer fire department that was holding a car wash fund raiser, so I pulled the truck through and got a bad wash from two kids and an adult for which I volunteered to pay $20 and was completely happy with that. 

There was a pot luck at the campground, but we decided to take a nap and grill some burgers.

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Still raining, so we will watch fireworks on TV.  Happy 4th of July!