4/24 Sunday. Sunny on the east side, wet west of the Cascades. Drove to
Columbia Hills State Park's
Dalles Mountain Ranch.
Visited old farming equipments (labeled) and a rusty car. Then, walked up to the top of one of the hills, and walked back on the road. Should have driven up to the gate, and walk the road to Stacker Butte, which should provide view of Mt Adams. The good thing of walking off the road is, less dust and people.
Equally great views of the flowers, Mt Hood and Columbia River. Hills painted yellow and blue. Balsamroot is on its way out. Lupine is still going strong. Yarrow, Lousewort, onion. Quite windy.
Drove to
Rowena Crest from the back, via Seven Hill Mountain. Quite a lot of flowers. Rowena Crest is not as colorful as last year. It's always pretty here on the high bluff overlooking Columbia River. Windy!
Visited
Camassia, a pleasant piece of nature in the middle of a city (Oregon City, 10 some miles south of Portland). This is owned and maintained by Nature Conservancy. Excellent trail of bark and board. Even in the rain, it's very pretty and peaceful. The draw here is the blue common camas. We saw only 4 people.
4/24 Sunday. Sunny on the east side, wet west of the Cascades. Drove to Columbia Hills State Park's Dalles Mountain Ranch. 
Visited old farming equipments (labeled) and a rusty car. Then, walked up to the top of one of the hills, and walked back on the road. Should have driven up to the gate, and walk the road to Stacker Butte, which should provide view of Mt Adams. The good thing of walking off the road is, less dust and people. 
Equally great views of the flowers, Mt Hood and Columbia River. Hills painted yellow and blue. Balsamroot is on its way out. Lupine is still going strong. Yarrow, Lousewort, onion. Quite windy.
Drove to Rowena Crest from the back, via Seven Hill Mountain. Quite a lot of flowers. Rowena Crest is not as colorful as last year. It's always pretty here on the high bluff overlooking Columbia River. Windy!
Visited Camassia, a pleasant piece of nature in the middle of a city (Oregon City, 10 some miles south of Portland). This is owned and maintained by Nature Conservancy. Excellent trail of bark and board. Even in the rain, it's very pretty and peaceful. The draw here is the blue common camas. We saw only 4 people.
