Iron Goat Trail 11-5-11

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My girlfriend and I went up near Seattle for the weekend to hang out with my girlfriend's friend and her husband. We did this hike that was about 5 miles or so following an old rail line. Nice easy trail due to the rail grade. It was supposed to be overcast and rain all day but we were pleasently surprised that the forecasters in Seattle don't know what they're doing.:D Here's a few pics. No knife shots though. :( I told my girlfriend that we should take a pic of the knives and then she promptly told the other couple that we need to do a shot of all the knives. Then we got distracted and I didn't remind her after that. Her friend's husband was decked out in Bear Grylls cutlery and I didn't want to spoil the photo of my knives with them.:D I brought a Mora Companion MG and a 50th anniversary soldier SAK. She, the girlfriend, had a JK anniversary EDC. Anyway, to the photos:

Near the start of the trail. You can see the rail grade and the wall they built to keep avalanches off the train. It was weird hiking in the hills with all this wild area around and there's this massive concrete structure.
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Neat little waterfall. There were a few on the way. You can see the first snow fall at the top of the photo.
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There were a few tunnels you could look in. Couldn't go through for cave in dangers. They had these big wooden beams to keep the granite from cracking and falling in. Wooden beams that were WAY past their prime.
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Scenery. You can see the wall to the left. There were several walls. Some stretching for a mile or more.
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My ugly mug about halfway through the hike.
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Thanks for looking.
 
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Some great looking country you have over there!
Great pic's :thumbup:
thanks for putting them up for us
to see.


just to add,
I think I would try looking for gold in this spot

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I have not yet done that hike, looks interesting. I will try to do it this weekend. ;) Thanks for the pics man.
 
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