Most hikes will be north of Seattle to miss the worst rush hour traffic. If you have suggestions for places you'd like to hike let me know. There are often carpool locations in addition to Marysville, which is always mentioned because I live near there. Miscellaneous Children are always welcome as long as they are well supervised and capable of the specific type of trip. Hopefully our adult egos can take it if they run circles around us.
Women certainly do show up in droves for a late, short hike.
The sounds of conversation and laughter were ever-present. Fortunately the fine restaurant in Granite Falls gave us our own room. We were pretty wound up and rowdy with much discussion of whipped cream. Ten women made this somewhat long, but not steep hike. We had some good views and lots of time for conversation.