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I know that part of the trail -- the one heading back the newer bridge they put up back near where the Mima Trail cuts off from the trail that loops back up and over the hill. It's very narrow, closed in by a lot a bushes (there's nowhere to pull off to the side there with your dogs when the horses come by!).

I'm not a big fan of gravelling the trails. It can be slippery (unsteady) even for human feet.

Yep - that's the spot! So when he went down and to the side, I was in the sticker bushes!

BTW - The swamp where that new bridge spans is where I have twice seen the black bear.... FYI with your pooches. Not sure if they would be the type to give chase or hide at such a sight!

They sure have been doing a lot of graveling. Prison work-crews from Cedar Creek have been doing the work... I have a wait-and-see attitude about it at the moment, to see if it does in fact help during the muddy season. At least it is crushed rock and will compact hard with traffic. The pea-gravel they put in on the "rails to trails" trail out of Tenino is horrible footing for man or beast.