Work parties, generally consisting of 12-16 people, have helped save the HOA approximately $40,000 per year in labor alone.
Trails bring people together. They have since the dawn of time. At Trilogy the trails have brought a community together through committees, clubs and volunteer groups. The Trilogy Walking Club utilizes the trails every day. Walking Club member Connie Nicholson says they are out there “rain or shine every day except Sunday”. The club walks “five miles a day” starting at 8am and spends most of the time on the trails. As they walk past my office window each morning I wish I was out there with them and thankful that I work at such a beautiful campus. Trails and the outdoors mean different things to all of us. For some, it is an occasional escape from the noise and bustle of the city. For others it is a daily experience. Whether you want to climb Mount Rainier or just walk around Green Lake there is a trail for you. Go find it.
The trails at Trilogy evolved from primitive game trails, old rail lines and equestrian trails. Now they are lined with benches, snake-around lakes and ponds, connect neighborhoods and link up with the larger County trail systems on Redmond Ridge. In order to keep the residents safe, a mapping and signage system was installed so first responders can easily locate distressed or injured persons. In 2010, the Forest Stewardship Committee coordinated the King County Equestrian Club and the local fire departments in a staged mock rescue where a fall was simulated. Fire department responders arrived on bicycles and smaller off road vehicles designed for trail rescue and “saved the day”.
John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club, once said “Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity . . .” If you haven’t been on a trail recently, you need to go. One of my favorites is Dirty Harry’s Balcony trail. Not the “Do you feel lucky, punk?” Dirty Harry but instead the Dirty Harry better known as Harry Gault, an ingenious and devastatingly thorough logger. The trail is littered with Harry’s old logging artifacts and one of his trucks still rests about 2000 feet above Snoqualmie Pass. From the balcony you can see Mount Kent, McClellan Butte with its famous rocky horn and Mount Washington. If the clouds are high or the sun is out Downtown Bellevue is also on full display.
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