Klickitat River Hike
December gets so wrapped up in holiday events and happenings (which I love and fully embrace), that it’s hard to slip away for a day trip. The weather often rains on any hopes of a nice hike, as well. So I had resigned myself to finding a low-key, indoor Adventure for this month. But then Jesse swooped in and planned a hike for us last Sunday, and saved the day! We headed out into the Gorge until we arrived at Lyle, Washington, where the Klickitat River feeds into the Columbia. It was a chilly day with fog on the horizon, but the rain held off for us, and we warmed up once we got moving. The Klickitat River Trail is a former railroad refurbished into a hiking/biking trail. It follows the river for 13 miles from Lyle to Klickitat. We only did the first 3 miles of it, being on foot and with one of us 4 months pregnant and all. That still added up to 6 miles total, which was a pretty good workout for …