Clear Creek Trail

We've passed this sign countless times on our way to town (which is only like 5 minutes away from our house btw) but we never stop to check out this place until two weeks ago. We had a 3 day weekend in conjunction with Martin Luther King Day but we were pretty much cooped up in the house for the first 2 days since it rained.  I really hope we could get more snow before winter is over. We only got it twice so far. Monday was better though it was cloudy for most part of the day with light showers towards the end  of the afternoon but we just had to get out of the house for awhile to get some fresh air. So we went to this place that turns out to be a pretty nice place for a walk. Actually where we went is only part of the trail called Silverdale Rotary Gateway Park. Based on the map, I think it's a 5-6 mile trail but we only did probably around 2 miles or less.

The trail is wide and easy to walk. As you can see in the pictures, part of the trail is a well constructed boardwalk that continues to a wetland area.

We didn't spot any salmon

Despite the gloominess, it was a nice day for a walk.

The boardwalk is wide enough for kids to run

Apart from these ducks, we spotted a couple great blue herons took off in flight but unfortunately I was not prepared with my camera to take their pictures.

I wanted to check out this place since it looks pretty old but it's on a private property land and this is the closest I could get.

After the boardwalk we came to this paved trail.

Part of the creek

Different views of the trail

Toothless boys

Emir took this picture

Water running through the creek

At first glance, I thought it was a real giraffe but it turns out to be a sculpture.

On the way back.

This is a funny old dog. She kept whining and begging us to play fetch with her. She even went to search for a stick and put the stick in front of us hoping that we would throw the stick somewhere so she could  run and  fetch it We obliged. I mean look at her eyes. Those hopeful eyes. Of course kenalah berhati-hati takut tersentuh bahagian yang basah, kalau tak kenalah samak dulu sebelum sembahyang. Ada pernah dengar sabun taharah. Sabun tu buatnya dari tanah liat. So sebelum datang sini dulu, ada beli a few just in case kalau ada situasi yang memerlukan kita bersamak, at least boleh terus ja samak tak payah nak kutip tanah dulu.