october 6th, 2010. my brother derek and i embarked on a journey in the foothills of rainier. first we biked 4 miles to the emerald ridge trail head then hiked 3.4 miles to the ridge. we jogged back down the trail to the bikes, rode  for a quick 10 minutes to the gobblers knob trail head. we hustled another 2.4 miles up the trail to beat the sunset where all these photos were taken. this was my first hike to the gobblers knob lookout. it was enjoyable and i will probably return for a winter snow shoe hike, but i prefer climbing the mountain itself.