Beyond Malibu - Practice Hike

Beyond Malibu is just around the corner. There will be 10 of us venturing out into the wilderness of the Canadian coastal mountain range, where we will spend 8 days hiking, rock climbing, rappelling, and attempting to sleep on the hard ground. In preparation for our trip, our group (most of us) went on a 10 mile practice hike in the Olympic National Forest. We hiked along the Skokomish River for the majority of the time, and found the biggest, most loaded huckleberry bush any of us had ever seen! And of course, our trip wouldn't have been complete without a flat tire when we arrived back at the car. We weren't tired enough from the 10 mile hike, apparently... Our ability to work as a team was put to the test, but we prevailed! One of us found the tire, one found the van manual, one found the tools (seriously, who hides the jack and the wrenches between the driver seat and the passenger seat?), one jacked, one read the directions, one wrenched, and one stood back and cheered. Oh, and of course it was late in the evening at this point, and there weren't any tire shops open on the way home... But we all survived, and everyone was in agreement that the hike was worth the time, energy, and flat tire. It was a good day, and it got everyone even more excited for our trip!