Elk Creek Trail

October 13, 2019

It has been a while since we last posted a hike, but we have definitely been out hiking a lot.  We crossed the 400 mile mark a few weeks ago and are now on track to hit 500+ miles by the end of the year.  A lot of our hikes have been familar local ones over the last month or two, but since it is Autumn, we had to post some pictures of our most recent hike of the Elk Creek Trail which we did this past Sunday.

Time for another great Autumn hike!

We have a listing of our favorite trails or places to hike for Autumn and try to get in as many hikes as possible at this time of year to take the beauty that is Autumn.  Elk Creek is one of those trail and it was a nice 8 mile hike by vast meadows now turned to Autumn colors with many trees doing the same.  Blue sky, sunshine, beautiful day!

Elk Creek at the first side trail.

One of many meadows now turning to Autumn colors

We took a break at the 7 Mile Bend area along Elk Creek which was our turnaround point, but Katie was not allowed to take a plunge into the creek due to having had a bath recently.  

View along the Elk Creek trail - an old paved road.

On our return trip we stopped by a few of the apple trees along the trail and picked a dozen or so to take home --- they were small, but delicious!  A nice way to finish off a great hike in Autumn.

Small but very delicious apples for the picking!

Trekking Together
Glenn & Carol