I am on a quest this spring with my eight-year-old son Malachi: To visit all of the Washington State Parks in the three-county region around our home in south Puget Sound. There are SIXTEEN parks in all -- spread out across King, Pierce and Thurston counties, along the Puget Sound, in western Washington State. On April 27th, we hit PARK NUMBER TEN: Bridle Trails State Park, located in Kirkland Washington (King County). And better yet -- Little brother Deacon joined us on our

Park number NINE in our quest to visit all SIXTEEN Washington State Parks in our three-county region this spring! (That is: King, Pierce and Thurston counties in Western Washington) On March 30th, my eight-year-old son Malachi and I packed up and headed across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to Kopachuck State Park in Gig Harbor, Washington (Pierce County). We enjoyed this park. It was beautiful! (Everything on the peninsula is beautiful.) And we had ourselves a nice, little hike.