Thursday

We wanted to start the day with a short hike when the girls were
fresh. We had a nice leisurely morning and Jason got to enjoy his camp
coffee before setting out for the Dallas Creek trail. We seem to do
this on all our camping trips. We find a hike that is clearly marked
and described on the park map, but that no park employee has ever been
on. So we got some vague information about where the trailhead might
be along with a warning about mosquitos. We have battled bugs all
week (Evelyn's face looks like she has chicken pox) so we had plenty
of insect repellant, and felt like we were prepared. We were not.
Have you ever seen those killer bee movies? We were swarmed about 50
feet onto the trail. I have never seen mosquitos like this. They
were all over us despite being coated inbug spray. The trail was
flooded with thick gray muck so we had to turn and run back to the
trailhead to escape. We then went back to the ranger to update her on
the status of her trail.