This year, starting in May, Doug Savage of the Peninsula Wilderness Club and I made a pledge to sponsor weekly hikes up Green Mountain every Thursday night after work. In the first few weeks we didn't have many folks show, mainly just a few friends. By the end of the season, we had as many as 28 people show up. I contribute the success of these hikes mostly to Doug's outgoing nature and willingness to pack large bottles of wine to the summit. Not sure what will happen next year when he is out of town for work most of the year. Another contributing factor was Soon. I had never met Soon before she showed up for our second outing but Doug knew her. When she starting doing the hikes, word got out about her excellent cookies. Perhaps she will co-sponsor the hikes in 2012 with Doug out of town? Below are photos of some of the highlights of the 2011 weekly Green Mountain hiking season.
Week 1
My Friends Ron and Tess
The first hike was a beautiful evening
Week 2
Morel mushroom
Soon finds her precious - the only morel we found on Green Mountain all season
Doug and Soon at the summit
Week 3
Fiona looking for a handout
Summit portrait
Week 3
Summit treat
Shawn and his daughter McKenna at the summit
Summit Portrait
Week 4
The first week of the discover pass at the Gold Creek trailhead
Summit Portrait
Bremerton and Seattle View from the summit
Week 5
Summit Portrait
Week 6
Summit Portrait
Week 7
Summit Portrait
Lower trail
Week 8
Summit Portrait
Week 9
Soon and her Chanterelle Bruschetta
Soon and her Chanterelle Bruschetta
Summit Portrait
Week 10
A small sampling of the treats that await at the summit on a weekly Green Mountain hike
Summit Portrait
Week 11
Doug packed his famous creme brulee for one of our last hikes of the year
Doug carmalizing the sugar on the creme brulee with a torch
Doug carmalizing the sugar on the creme brulee with a torch
When was the last time you had creme brulee on a hike?
Doug carmalizing the sugar on the creme brulee with a torch
