"After thinking about it, if you went to the confluence of Pilchuck and Bear creek you could sift the gravels for jade. It's a really nice spot, and about as kid friendly as a creek site can be. It's only about an hour away I think.
~Zeke"

"you want to park right before the road crosses Bear creek, then just walk down to the creek. you can camp there too if you really wanted to. you'll want to bring a large mesh screen, shovel, spray bottle and bucket."

"Yeah, if you like to put Deet all over yourself it wouldn't be a bad idea, though you could survive without I think. it's not a marshy area, so the bug level is normal for Washington. I always have the bug repellant wipes with me because my son has had sever allergic reactions to mosquitos bites in the past. it has something to do with having the sickle cell trait. i still have to figure out what days my wife has off and weather she wants to. i bet if it's hot we'll be there for sure. we found a really great swimming hole down the creek, but it's a bushwhack or short hike down the creek bed. I'm not sure if that would be a good idea with a five year old. there's a swimming hole there anyway.
~Zeke"

"Yeah, i was out there today and didn't have it too bad. i looked for your stick Aaron, but it's gone. I did find another botryoidal just like the one my son found. After hiking up about half a mile or so, I sat down and said "Alright, we'll stop here." And right where I sat, just a I sat I found it. We both started laughing cause I hadn't found anything of note the whole way up.
~Zeke"