Bad news at Little Si, but good news at Rattlesnake Ledge

My wife Juanita and I wanted to go on a hike today up to Little Si, which sits in the shadow of it's bigger, more famous relative Mount Si. When we got to the trail head, however, we discovered lots of construction equipment and workers and signs saying that the Little Si trail was closed. We drove about a quarter mile back down the road to get information from the US Forest Service ranger, but the ranger there was useless, claiming that she knew nothing about the Little Si trail because "that's state land - they don't tell us anything."
We ended up at the Rattlesnake Ledge trail (FYI- maintained apparently by the City of Seattle even though it's out in the middle of nowhere because it's part of the Seattle Public Utilities watershed...) We hiked up the ridge through the mist and the slugs (which came in many colors) and the chipmunks (which didn't). At the top we had a view straight down at Rattlesnake Lake and clouds everywhere else. On the way back home we bought cherries. Check out these photos:

These are the signs that told us that the Little Si trail was closed.

Construction equipment at the Little Si trailhead

The ranger was not helpful here.

Many choices

Juanita

A black and yellow slug

Rattlesnake Ledge

Looking down from Rattlesnake Ledge at Rattlesnake Lake

Kids up on Rattlesnake Ledge

Cherry stand outside North Bend - Little Si is visible behind the red truck. Mt. Si is not visible behind the tree. It's much taller.