[moosefish]

[Wren]

Gosh, it's now illegal to smoke outside? Who knew?

[cascadian66]

I agree with Jenjen. This sort of thing is unacceptable, and a person really should know not to do this. C'mon....How selfish.

[velveteenrabbitt22]

Whoa, I just read this thread!!! Just be polite to the person, educate rather than dictate!! Jeeze!

[jimmymac]

[mgd]

If dirty diapers are growing on trees now, mosquitos may end up a little lower on the nuisance scale soon.

[Ted]

I saw a bag of dog poop tied to a tree a couple of weeks ago at the trail to Talapus Lake. There were piles of dog poo on the trail on the way up, and one owner laughed when his dog relieved himself right next to a creek. Yeah, it biodegrades, but it also degrades my hiking experience when dogs are tearing up the trail, barking non-stop, crapping, and constantly being corrected "Come here Jack. Jack! Come here!..." I prefer to litter in the city. The ecosystem is pretty much dead there anyway, and I would prefer my garbage on Alaskan Way than have a landfill created and destroy more of the environment!

[Ski]

[Quark]

[Slugman]

[Ted]

Slugman, I hardly ever hike along I-90. Too busy, people on cell phones, too much trash. I only had a couple of hours and wanted a really quick dayhike. Forgive me?

[Slugman]

Of course. I was just making a bit of harmless fun at your expense. But seriously, a question for those who seem to have dog problems: where are you seeing all these dogs in the first place? I do have Sundays off each week, and often hike on a Sunday to go with my friend Yetiman, but we usually don't see a lot of other people, let alone with dogs. Two weeks ago at the Walt Baily trail to Cutthroat lakes off of the Mtn Loop hiway, on a nice sunny Sunday, we saw three groups of two people each all day. One had a dog, and I had my dog, but not a single bark was heard that day.

[Ted]

Hey Slugman, No harm, no foul. I usually get the hiking bug in the winter time, so a lot of the trails I'd like to hike are hard to get to. I'm also out of shape and have kids, so we usually do the shorter ones. AND most of my friends have never backpacked, so I'm working on hooking them. Just took my daughter and girlfriend on their first short backpack, and helped my buddy pick out gear for backpacking.

[polecatjoe]

[nuclear_eggset]

Where do I see all those dogs? On the hikes along I-90! Why in God's green earth do I hike there? Because then the drive doesn't take longer than the hike. I don't hike alone, so where we go is a compromise with the people I hike with. More often than not, it's my husband, and he doesn't like driving more than an hour. Since we're not doing long hikes (<= 6 miles, at the moment), and since we're right on the 90, that means doing the hikes on 90 at the moment. But that's ok. As a place to start, they're not that awful, really. We'll move up over time. :-) Makes your trails a little less crowded for a short time. :-P