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Walk 12/19 Newberry Hill Heritage Park
Crossing the sound on the Edmonds Ferry in the morning with a view of the fresh snow on the Olympics
Excellent trail map at the entrance helps you plan your route.
Lovely forest trail, with no obstacles, mud, or large puddles
Low-angled sunshine sneaking through the forest canopy
This is normally a wetland bog, but all the recent rains have turned it into a lake.
The wetland is an important ecological feature on the Kitsap Peninsula, providing clean water for birds, fish, and other wildlife
Saw lots of wild rhododendron along the trail
Most of the forest is second-growth, but there were a few giants like this Red Cedar
Young coho salmon come here to grow and mature in a clean, undisturbed wetland
The trail system was a mix of easy gated roads and nicely-constructed trails.
Wait, what? Is that a wooley mammoth in the woods.
The Klahowya School is nearby, and there's an interpretive trail complete with renderings of animals that roamed here in ages past.
Another creature in the woods, courtesy of the Klahowya School kids
Nice newly-installed turnpike helped carry us over a wet area
This eye-catching fungus is known as Orange Jelly Spot
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