We had thought about going to Cascade Pass again this past Saturday, but didn't feel like doing all that driving. So, we looked for a trail in our book that wasn't too far away. We decided to hike Chirico Trail to Poo Poo Point (named after the sound steam whistles made to signal loggers, back when logging was done in the area).

The trail started in a pretty heavily forested area. Since it hadn't rained here in quite a while, the trail surface was covered with dry, loose dirt, and the ferns and vines near the ground were coated with a thin brown film of dirt. Even though it was cool, the trail was fairly steep, and both of us were sweating. Unfortunately we wore jeans, which slowed us down a little. The trail we used is often used by hang gliders, and after hiking through forest, we came to their launching field and stopped there. The winds weren't right for hang gliding so it was pretty quiet there. It was cloudy so the view wasn't as impressive as it could've been, but we enjoyed stopping and resting. We decided to turn back there, so we didn't make it all the way to Poo Poo Point. I'm sure we'll come back sometime when we can have a better view and walk farther and hopefully see some hang gliders.