1/2, Monday. Start the new year with a hike. The easiest for a car-less city-dweller is Tiger.
Took the bus to Issaquah downtown, walked to East Sunset Way TH. From there, I hiked up to Tiger 1, and then down to Tiger 2, and then Tiger 3. Saw no one on Tiger 1 and 2, saw one lady between Tiger 2 and 3. ~5 on Tiger 5. ~10 along the trail. Quite windy out of the woods. The loop is about 10 miles 3500'. Road walking about 1 mile RT in Issaquah. It's better to go up to Tiger 3 first to for some view. Also, going up via the unmaintained trail to Tiger 3 is the steepest in this loop, better done uphill.
Mistakes today: forgot knee braces, didn't bring any food. I got quite tired, and bored, especially the first half: going to Tiger 1 is long and all in the woods. On the way back, I was hungry. Luckily I caught the return bus with only 1 minute of wait.
Timing:
9:12 left home 9:26 get on the bus in Seattle (2 min late) 10:10 get off the bus in Issaquah 15:00 get on the return bus
Update: no muscle strain the next day.
