Lookout Mountain, east of Mt Hood   June 30, 2018   (Hike#39)

Walking through High Prairie,

Lots of purple shooting stars and yellow cinquefoil

Heather

up a gentle grade through the forest to the ridge punctuated by red volcanic soil and a pinnacle.

Views of Mt Hood all along the ridge:

The top of Lookout Mountain comes into view:

From the top, views as far south as Broken Top,

Broken Top, North and Middle Sisters, Mt Washington, Mt Jefferson, Badger Lake, and a resident chipmunk.

and north to Mt Adams with lenticular clouds.

Mt Adams

Mt Adams

The eastern high desert:

Plenty of flowers, but there will be more! based on our past visits. 3.9 miles/800 feet.

cinquefoil and shooting star

bistort

fleabane

penstemon

mariposa lily

buckwheat

scarlet gillia

An interesting stump

sandwort

Oregon sunshine

heather

Jacob’s ladder

lupine and twin berry honeysuckle

white cress

Crafting:

Pinwheel quilt basted and ready for quilting.

Jane Austen’s House emerging in cross stitch.

In the Garden:

Lewisia

Tiger Lily

Penstemon

Jacob’s Ladder

Tomatoes

Tomatoes

Acantha

Acantha

Blanket flower

Sumac