Carle Wagon Road

 Virginia texted me to see if I'd like to hike Carle Wagon Road today. I had never done it but thought, why not.  I wasn't sure where to park initially since the trail was almost impossible to see and started in the woods between 2 houses. We both parked on the side of the road. We hiked along this narrow slightly boggy trail round trip about 4 miles. There were several small creek crossings. On a couple of them, I preferred to just stomp through the shallow water instead of trying to jump across them. Bella ran right through the widest one. There were a couple of really nice bridges over the 2 biggest ones. We could see the snow-covered mountains of Government Peak and Frostbite Ridge. The trail does continue on to climb Frostbite. But we had no intention of doing that today. This trail is maintained primarily by the Backcountry Horse group. Virginia said that there are plans to connect this trail directly to the Government Peak Recreation Area parking lot, to avoid traffic by the private residences. This road was the predecessor to the current Fishhook Road that services the Hatcher Pass Area. Bella ran down the wrong trail near the end on our way out and made herself at home on the porch of one of the nearby homes. I hollered enough times that she finally came back and followed us. That could have been embarrassing! I enjoyed getting to know a new trail that I never knew existed.