Due to the late start, met a lot of hikers, despite of the dreary weather. Most were courteous enough to walk by the side. Wasn't raining. Trail was muddy at times (after the heavy rain yesterday and heavy boots).
This time, we walked to the west side of the falls, which you can see better. Was careful not to get my boots wet crossing the running creek. The lady in blue was fiddling with her camera on a tripod. Didn't see how she made the crossing.Above the falls, we only met 4 hikers (2x2) coming down. Only a little bit of snow let at the foot of the rocky summit. Had the summit to ourselves, and it wasn't windy. Too bad, no view to speak of, due to the clouds. Did see Puget Sound at times. A couple of rain drops.
Hiked down the same way this time. I only realized that the trail is very steep until coming down. Slipped once and tumbled face down. Luckily, only bruises. Reached the parking lot at 7:10pm, about 5 cars left in the parking lot.
~8 miles, 3800'.
Couldn't go home. Curfew again at 5pm. (Curfew started on Saturday 5pm-5am. Continued to Monday 6pm-5am).
