2020-02-07 Cicmehan Trail Hike
All the hikers ready to go with our Basset Hound in the lead
Our Basset Hound leader needed a little help finding the way
Are you sure it’s that way?
In case our Basset Hound leader gets lost, our 6-mile loop is marked in yellow
The lagoon was modified so Port Townsend could expand – read the sign for more info
We are on our way to the first stop: Kah Tai Lagoon
Kah Tai Lagoon
We leave the Lagoon heading for the cemetery where Chief Cicmehan is buried
Chief Cicmehan (a.k.a., Chetzemoka, a.k.a., Duke of York) burial site
Laurel Grove is a beautiful cemetery established in 1871
Jack our hike leader and Doreen stop to admire the beauty of the location
Cicmehan certainly got a good send off – read the sign for more info
Chief Cicmehan (a.k.a., Chetzemoka, a.k.a., Duke of York) burial plot
The headstone shows how much Cicmehan was respected
Chief Cicmehan (a.k.a., Chief Chetzemoka, a.k.a., Duke of York)
Our guide gives us additional facts about Cicmehan and his people
Denny wants to know if we can get signs like this in Port Ludlow
The cemetery does attract other visitors
We are off to our next stop: Swan School
Why Chief Cicmehan was known by multiple names – read the sign for more info
Things we saw along the way
Interesting lawn ornaments
On our way to the qatay Prairie
Read the sign for more information about the qatay Prairie area
Read the sign to see why Chief Cicmehan was so important to the early settlers
This sign tells how Chief Cicmehan helped the early settlers
Statue showing Chief Cicmehan signaling the all clear to the settlers
Plaque at the foot of Chief Cicmehan’s (a.k.a., Chief Chetzemoka) statue
We made it back to the Kah Tai Lagoon
Heading back to the parking lot
Side trip: tour of Native American wood carver's shop
The carver explains his work which is all carved from a single log
One long beautiful piece of work which tells a story about the carver's tribe
Next few pictures are other works by the same carver
That's all folks!
2020-02-07 Cicmehan Trail Hike