Walk along Discovery Bay - Walk through the Preserve - Happy Hour on the Sound - August 29, 2021
We started the day by walking another segment of the Olympic Discovery Trail. This time starting in Discovery Bay. The ODT will eventually stretch from Puget Sound to the Pacific Ocean along the northern edge of the Olympic Peninsula, stretching 135 miles ... right now it is in four separate segments. We walked a portion of the first segment, the Larry Scott Trail, toward Port Townsend. The second segment begins on Discovery Bay ... and so did we.
The trail is quite close to US 101, so a fair amount of traffic noise, although the views of Discovery Bay were pleasant, as were the wildflowers in bloom ...
But, our walk did last long because the trail went out into the street (bikes would have no difficulty, but for walkers it is less enjoyable to be walking the roads).
Then we went out to Annie's home on Marrowstone Island for a guided tour of the Preserve with Annie, her canine companion, Nala, and Lara and Valdimir. Annie purchased a piece of land on Marrowstone Island, an old golf course, and placed it into a land trust in conjunction with the Jefferson County Land Trust program to preserve the land for conservation and education. It was fascinating to see how the plant, animal, insect life had reclaimed the former golf course to return to a more native state. Annie plans on transferring the land trust to a group that does environmental education for children ... a wonderful service for the local community.
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