The Washington State Chronicles

Thank God for a day off and some half decent weather! After church today, I decided to visit one of my favorite parks in the area, Clark's Creek Park! This park spans 55 amazing acres of forest, and is home to Clark's Creek (for which the park was named). The north part of the park is fairly recreational with picnic tables, an open play area for kids, tennis courts and softball fields, but I'm more interested in the hiking trails that lead up into the hills. Along the way you can catch glimpses of Clark's Creek trickling through the heavily wooded forest, and you'd be surprised at what else you can stumble upon. At the edge of the park, near 15th Avenue, there's a salmon fish hatchery where they actually raise baby fish, and release them into Clark's Creek where they then work themselves upstream to spawn and live their lives. It's pretty cool. This area is also great for mountain bikers because of all the extreme hills Clark's Creek has to offer. There are lots of bikers out on any given day, so if you ever decide to go visit the park, just make sure you're on the look out for them and stay clear of their path. Sometimes they're traveling at such high speeds coming down the hills that they might not be able to stop in time! And trust me...you'll lose. Ha-ha!

It was fairly cloudy, however, the sun did start to peek it's way out of the overcast skies at the start of my hike. And for that, I was very thankful.