Though it was beautiful here on Saturday Jim and I headed over to eastern Washington where we wouldn’t run into snow. It is a beautiful hike. The meadows have recovered from winter and are lush. Of course our wet spring really helps that. There isn’t really a trail in the area, or at least the ones in the guide books aren’t the ones I follow.
The hike has a bit of everything. A walk in the forest,
interesting lava rock formations
and if you climb high enough, which requires scrambling up those interesting lava rock formations, great views of the Stuart range.
We went up looking for flowers. The arrow leaf balsam root is a little past its prime,
and it’ll be about two weeks before the lupine are in full bloom.
On the way out, we ran across an old homestead or possible a home for summer pasture of cattle. The area around was planted in alfalfa which should make the elk who currently stay there very very happy.
All in all, it was a sunny day and great to lay in the sun.
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