One of the many reasons we moved here was because we wanted to do a lot of things outside and the Northwest is a great place for outdoor activities. It's gotten warmer recently and we knew this past Saturday was going to be a nice day, so we planned to go on our first real hike. I asked someone at work what a good easy hike would be to go on and he mentioned Little Si, about 30 miles east of Seattle near North Bend. It's a 2.5 mile hike up a small mountain with an elevation of 1,500 feet. We packed some water, granola bars, and a banana for our hike and headed out after we went on the food tour at Pike Place Market. There were quite a few other people there and the trail was somewhat busy. It was hard to get going at first since we're not in shape and not used to walking up steep hills with rocks and tree roots blocking the way. But after a while, we got some energy going and finally made it to the top after hiking for about an hour and 15 minutes. We had a nice view of North Bend and Mount Si (elevation 4,100 feet), a much bigger version of Little Si. We sat at the top for a while and ate our snacks. Going down was much easier on our legs and faster, but it was a little harder to find our footing and not fall. I'd say it was a very good hike, about the right difficulty for us, considering our shape. We're a little sore today, but not that bad. Troy's feet hurt yesterday though, which prompted us to go buy him some new semi-hiking shoes. We'll definitely have to go on some more hikes and gradually work our way up to bigger hikes.

After our hike we drove through North Bend looking for the diner made famous by the TV show Twin Peaks. We weren't hungry enough to go inside to have any of the cherry pie, but we plan to go back sometime this summer to have some.