It is not the prettiest name for a lake and on Thursday, it may have been the only place in the state that wasn’t sunny, but I went hiking there anyway. The hike is easy and there is lots to see, but I would have really liked to have had some sunshine. I don’t think I have ever gone hiking on the mountain loop highway and had sunshine. But it is one of the few lakes in the world that is accessible and in its natural state. It was set aside as a Natural Research Area in 1947 to study the effects on water, land and wild life when it is left unmanaged and undeveloped. The entire trail is in old growth timber. It is well known for its Western Red Cedar
It has weeping walls where plants grow on a vertical garden
and of course there is a lake.
Creek 22 flows from the lake and has at least six waterfalls that are easily accessible
And all of this is there because of the abundant rain.
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