Marie Creek

Published: July 29, 2007, 10:36 pm

Ahhh, no house sitter this weekend, and no working vehicle until last night. My camping plans were foiled. The poor Festiva needs new front brakes. Evidently one of the calipers is stuck in "stop the car" mode. And the Blazer was having a wheel issue but that is now fixed so Walter and I went to Marie Creek today for a hike. Two weekends ago on a day that was too damn hot for hiking we went and found the trailhead. Today it was just a bit less than too damn hot for hiking. A trail description for Marie Creek can be found in Best Hikes with Dogs Inland Northwest. The trailhead is like 15 miles from Cd'A.When we got there again today the trailhead parking lot was full of horse trailers. The trail is maintained by the Panhandle Backcountry Horsemen but we only saw 7 horsewomen on the trail. That was pretty cool. Walter and I always stand off to the lower side of the trail and make sure they all know we are there. The trail is really great, but I do not advise hiking it on a really hot

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