Washington Trails, the magazine of the WTA, has an extensive article this month on the aftermath of the Pinnacle Lake murders that took place last July.

The article includes interviews with multiple Forest Service Rangers, as well as with David Stodden, who lost his daughter Susanna and his wife Mary to the still unidentified killer or killers. Read it to learn more about how the forest system is staffed and patrolled, how the investigation is proceeding, and how the murders have affected all who hike the trails around the Mountain Loop Highway and across the state.

Lisa and I have been so busy training for and running our half marathons that we haven’t had an opportunity to go on a hike since Labor Day weekend. Sunday we went to an old favorite, Little Si. It was raining pretty hard in the morning, but by noon it had stopped and the skies were clearing. That all changed once we made it to the trail — we started in a torrential downpour, saw briefly sunny skies, then sleet, fog, snow, and heavy winds… we had it all. I didn’t take any pictures during the heavy rains or snow, (and not enough overall to warrant a new entry on the main site) but I managed to get a few shots of the fog and the trail itself.

It felt really good to get out again.

Is there anything this site lacks (whoa, that’s a bit broad) that you’d like to see?