Back on the Trail – Grass Widows, Bald Eagles and Osage Oranges (18-4)

January 30, 2018January 30, 2018 / margaretquilts / Leave a comment

This has mostly been a recovery week – taking things very slowly, and with awareness to my limitations. I have been able to walk more, drive the slow back way, and gradually increase all my activities.

Catherine Creek Trail, WA 1/28/2018 (#3)

I saved my weekend energy for a walk on one of the easiest trails – the Universal Access trail at Catherine Creek just east of Hood River along the Columbia River. We often include this trail as a quick stop on our hiking trips to see the latest blooms. Today at my slow pace I appreciated the paved surface and benches along the way, the small details and micro landscapes. Grass widows are beginning to bloom.

View to the west, labyrinth waterfall in the distance

grass widow

bitterroot foliage

mushrooms

ponderosa needles

moss

oak leaves

reflection

1.5 miles, 120 feet

Lookback: A couple of pictures with snow, and with more flowers:

1/27/2017

2/26/2016

Balfour-Klickitat Eagles

We also stopped at the Balfour-Klickitat trail near Lyle, WA to look for bald eagles in their nesting area. We saw about a dozen, mostly juveniles, perched in the trees around the pond, and taking occasional practice flights.

White spots are bald eagles

Another highlight of this location are the Osage oranges, at this point, mostly lying on the ground in colorful curious piles. Signage explains that the fruit is inedible, but that the thorny dense foliage was used as a natural fencing material by settlers in the west in the 1800’s.

.75 miles, 100 feet

Lookback : A couple of pictures from snowier days:

12/28/2015 Six eagles

12/30/2016 Osage oranges

Knitting and quilting

Progress on the Girl in the Neurosurgery Ward Shawl:

My sister sent me a bouquet of fabric as a get well gift – a beautiful rainbow of batiks that will fit beautifully into my collection for my rainbow themed quilts in planning stages.

And the first crocus peaked up in my front yard:

36. Labyrinth Hiking

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The Labyrinth Trail, WA 12/16/2017 (#58)

East out of the Portland mist, through the frosted central gorge to the open dry eastern gorge, this time to the Labyrinth, trailhead at the Hwy 14/Old Hwy 8 intersection at Rowland Lake.

Waterfall along Old Hwy 8

The aptly named trail winds gently upward between columnar basalt buttes and a cascading stream.

Bare trees, gold grasses, dried flower seed heads, lichen splotched talus piles, higher and higher, rising to views to the south of the Columbia River, the orchards, fields and cliffs around Mosier, Oregon.

To the east the open skies of the Columbia Plateau beckon; to the west, the lowering clouds of western Oregon gloam, this whole area scoured by the Missoula floods. We explore some of the side trails around the waterfall,

at the base of a columnar basalt butte,

and to our lunchstop viewpoint.

Then on up a bit more,

past the cliff that is covered with purple desert parsley in spring,

View toward Coyote Wall

past the oak tree on the trail’s edge,

to the next high point.

Wind rising, we agree to turn around. Down we go, light changing, shoulders of Hood briefly exposed, back to the old highway then home.

LOOKBACK

During our first hike here in June of 2012, I was enchanted, just exploring the bones of the landscape, the windings between rock exposures then covered with halos of pinkish grass.

May 2012

We attained a high viewpoint back down to Rowland Lake and the river and began to realize the potential. Future trips saw the cliffs and mounds adorned with yellows and purples of spring wildflowers,

Mt Hood from Old Hwy 8 approach trail, May 2012

Balsam root near Hwy 8, April 2014

April 2014

Grass Widows, March 2017

Gold stars, March 2017

Buttercups in oak woodland, March 2016

Columbia Desert Parsley, April 2014

the white snows of winter,

December 2015

and actual rainbows.

December 2016

Some comparisons: the waterfall –

May 2012

March 2017

December 2015

the oak tree –

May 2012

December 2015

We also brought back poison oak and left behind one contact lens. We have explored a few of the side trails – there are many more to look forward to.

CRAFTING

Knitting the green shawl: finished another tortilla and the Sonic Six hat.

Decorating the tree – Diamond Log Cabin Christmas Tree Skirt (Quilt In A Day pattern) made in the early 2000’s. I have learned a lot about color and fabric choices since then, but It still fits our decor and I like it well enough to continue to use it. The rest of the tree decorating is waiting for one child to be home from college.

24. Frog Lake Buttes, Mt Hood

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Frog Lake Butte, Mt Hood, Oregon 9/24/2017 (#47)

A beautiful sunny day with only a few people fishing at Frog Lake when we began our hike.

Views of Mt. Jefferson and red huckleberry bushes on the way up.

A bit of snow from last week at our view point of Mt Hood atop the butte.

A few asters and a million frogs in the meadow and around the lake shore on our return. The frogs must have been sleeping this morning, but they were hopping all around my feet in a few areas.

2 cm frog on the rock

aster

Looking back on the Frog Lake Buttes from the west side of the lake.

About 6 miles, 1500 feet.

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23. Visiting the Midwest

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As I write this I get an Eagle Creek Fire update: Rain has finally slowed the fire, and operations are turning to cleanup and recovery.

We flew to Ohio, passing over the south side of Mt Hood – smoke not impeding our view today to Mt Adams and Rainier beyond.

Mt Hood, Mt Rainier and Mt Adams

Ohio

Oberlin College

We visited our daughter at Oberlin College in Ohio. I had previously only had a brief peak at the campus the day we moved her into her dorm two years ago. She and her roommate are now in a two bedroom apartment and enjoying the non-dorm lifestyle. We walked all around campus, seeing the various buildings and rooms where she spends her time. She introduced us to friends that seemed to appear around every corner. I enjoyed the quiet, but intensely busy vibe on this early-term late summer weekend. We got coffee from The Local, ate delicious dinners at The Feve and Indian Garden, and joined her for a student prepared lunch at her dining coop.

Coffe Shop

Ivy Tree B&B

Door to the radio Station

Physics Bldg

Carnegie Library

Tappan Square

Brandywine Falls, Cuyahoga National Park, Ohio Sept. 17, 2017 (#46)

She also wanted to go for a hike. We chose a 4 mile hike about an hour from campus, the Stanford/Brandywine Falls trail. It was a beautiful sunny day though the humidity was much greater than we are used to in the Pacific Northwest. There was enough shade in the woodlands to stay comfortable, a few summer flowers struggled along, and fall colors were beginning to pop.

Chicago

We then flew to Chicago to visit to our son. Beautiful weather continued on Monday as we enjoyed the Architectural Boat Tour.

Architecture Tour

Sears Tower

Windows and reflections:

After lunch we rented Divvy bikes and rode four miles along Lakeshore Drive trail from Millenium Park back to Lakeview where we were joined by long time friends for dinner.

The Bean, i.e. Cloud Gate, in Millenium Park

Biking north along Lake Shore Drive

The next day we visited the Chicago Art Institute.

We spent most of our time in the Impressionism and Modern American galleries. My favorite piece was by Georgia O’Keefe, a 24 foot long painting that filled a stairwell:

This also caught my eye:

We walked around some of the parks near the Art Institute.

Beginning of Rt 66 from the Art Institute steps

Looking north up Michigan Avenue

South from the Grant Park train bridge

North from the train bridge

An artist walking nearby

After dinner we went to see Hamilton!

Our view from row N seat 5

This was my first visit to Chicago, and only lasted two days, but I enjoyed my time, and can see why my son likes living there.

Knitting update:

11 dishcloths

22. Mt St Helens Boundary Trail

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Eagle Creek fire update as of 9/11/17: 34000 acres, 7% contained.

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USFS Incident Map

Boundary Trail toward Harry’s Ridge 9/10/2017 (#45)

The skies are alternating blue and cloudy today. Unsure of any firesafe place east of us, we opted to drive north to Johnston Ridge, Mt St Helens National Monument. Clouds that were floating at mountain level when we arrived late morning evaporated during the day.

Mt St Helens

We hiked the Boundary Trail toward Harry’s Ridge.

Coldwater Peak, north of the Boundary Trail

Toutle River, pumice plain

The trail that used to go along a steep, cliffy slope to the grand viewpoint at Devil’s Elbow is now closed. The new alternate route cuts over the ridge, and has a view to Spirit Lake from the pass at the top of the cutoff. We stopped there for lunch.

Lunch stop at the top of the new cut off trail, with view to Spirit Lake

I decided it was too hot to continue, so hiked slowly back to the observatory. Dan went on to Harry’s Ridge then met me back at the observatory later. I had the chance to watch the excellent 16 minute film that simulates the eruption and illustrates the forces of nature during the 1980 eruption.

View while hiking back toward Johnston Observatory

Looking east from the observatory toward Mt Adams

Mt Adams

There are straggling summer flowers in bloom – lupine of both large and dwarf varieties, penstemon, paintbrush, yarrow, an abundant yellow composite, and equally abundant white pearly everlasting gilding the slopes, and standing out strongly in contrast to the early reds of fall.

Pearly everlasting

lupine

Red fall foliage

Lupine

penstemon

We stopped at Coldwater Lake to walk the boardwalk trail that illustrates the Birth of the Lake. It was peaceful and beautiful there, with excellent views of Minnie Peak and Mt St. Helens. It is pleasant to walk through shady foliage after spending time in the blast zone. My total mileage for the day was about 5 miles/800 feet.

Coldwater Lake

Coldwater Lake, Mt. St Helens

Coldwater Lake, Minnie Peak

LOOKBACK:

Boundary Trail to Harry’s Ridge – we have hiked this trail in several seasons, with different views of the mountain:

June 2016

September 2017

Inner crater dome close up June 2016

September 2017

Coldwater Lake:

In March of 2015, a low snow year, we walked the 12 mile loop around Coldwater Lake. The foliage was mostly dormant and brown. We had views of the mountain, walked by the abandoned logging machinery destroyed by the blast, got some closer views of Minnie Peak.

March 2015 Minnie Peak and old logging machinery on Coldwater Ridge

March 2015 Minnie Peak

March 2015

September 2017 Mt St Helens and Coldwater Lake

In Spring of 2017 we were in the area hiking the Hummocks trail, and we visited the Science and Learning Center, which gave us a snowy view of the boardwalk that we walked on today.

February 2017 Looking down on Coldwater Lake

19. Vista Ridge again, Fireweed this time

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Vista Ridge, Mt. Hood, Oregon 8/25/2017 (#43)

Looking for another trip to subalpine elevations, we walked up the Vista Ridge trail on the north side of Mt. Hood, as we had in late June. This time, instead of millions of avalanche lilies, we were treated to the late summer swath of pink fireweed through the burn zone, with readily picked huckleberries along the way. We could see the dried seedheads of the earlier lilies. Other blooming plants in the burn zone were pearly everlasting and goldenrod, and plenty of Sitka Mountain Ash with ripening clusters of red berries provided additional color.

Fireweed and pearly everlasting understory in the burn zone

Mt Hood from the switchback viewpoint

Dried avalanche lily seedheads

Golden rod and fireweed

We reached the timberline trail, and rested in a shaded pocket at the edge of Wy’East basin, as lovely an alpine meadow as one could hope for – though the flowers are fading in the open areas. We continued walking east toward Elk Cove, hopping over the small strands of Clear Branch Creek that trickle down through Wy’east basin. Pink monkey flower, yellow groundsel, purple aster and lupine, and magenta paintbrush were the main riparian blooms.

We admired the view of the three Washington peaks from various angles, and turned the corner toward Elk Cove, with the rocky cliff of Barrett Spur to our right, and the looming peak of Mt Hood and its glistening Coe Glacier to the south.

Mts St Helens, Rainier and Adams

Turning the corner of Barrett Spur toward Elk Cove, with Mt Hood looming above

Close ups of the Coe Glacier

We continued about half way down to Elk Cove, far enough to see the hanging meadow of pasque flowers, and the long drawn out ridge of Barrett Spur. That was our turn around point for the day.

Mt Hood and Barrett Spur

Pasque flower seed heads

Heading back toward Wy’East basin, we located the trail that leads up to Dollar Lake. It is really more of a puddle.

Dollar Lake

Barret Spur and Mt Hood from the ridge above Dollar Lake

Back on the Timberline Trail, we meandered up the side trail to the upper part of WyEast basin to take in the slightly wider view of the horizon to the north.

Sitka Mtn Ash foliage with fall colors

Heading into upper Wy’East Basin

Magenta paintbrush

Looking down into Wy’East Basin and the Washington Peaks

Clear Branch Creek in Wy’East Basin

asters

From there, we retraced our steps back down the Vista Ridge trail, admiring the intense coral/red violet color of the fireweed, and greeting my favorite ghost trees on the way down.

Ghost tree, fire weed

shadows in the burn zone

Another ghost face

Intense coral/red violet flowers

Another friendly ghost tree

Our total for the day was 9 miles/ 1500 feet.

GPS track

LOOKBACK:

I perused my photos from our previous hikes up Vista Ridge. Our trip in August of 2014 had more blooming flowers in the upper meadows.

August 5, 2014

March 29, 2015

August 25, 2017

The photo from August of 2013, taken only two years after the 2011 Dollar Creek Fire, shows a mostly blackened environment. The contrast with the with the avalanche lily / fireweed lined trail of this year is striking, and shows how fast the vegetation is restarting. I didn’t get a picture of the abundant low huckleberry bushes along some parts of the trail – I was too busy eating the ripe berries.

August 23, 2013, two years after the fire

June 30, 2017

August 25, 2017, six years after the fire

Knitting and other home front activity:

two more knitted tortillas

ripe tomatoes

zinnias

18. Late Summer on Mt Adams, Stagman Ridge Trail

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Stagman Ridge, Mt. Adams, Washington 8/20/2017 (#42)

Looking for a hike that avoided wildfire smoke and eclipse traffic, we headed to the west side of Mt. Adams, north of Trout Lake, WA. This was our first time hiking this trail. We like to hike in Bird Creek Meadows this time of year, but that area is closed due to the massive Cougar Creek Fire of 2015. The area around Stagman Ridge was also recently burned, by the Cascade Creek Fire of 2012. The trail traverses through burned forest, with occasional forays into unburned terrain. The silver lining is mountain views through the ghost trees.

In many burned places the underlayer is green, topped by a pink swath of fireweed. Pearly everlasting and golden rod are abundant at lower elevations.

Pearly everlasting, fireweed, goldenrod

fireweed

pearly everlasting

golden rod

Higher up, the last of the asters, lupine and licorice root were hanging on in shady areas.

aster

lupine

penstemon

licorice root

thistle

orange agerosis

dwarf bramble

aster

corn lily

The open meadow at about mile 3 was green but past bloom – most likely thanks to the intense two week heat wave of early August. I would like to return when this meadow is in full bloom – with the open view of Mt Adams to the east – it is a lovely spot.

Glacier close up

We continued on past the meadow to the Graveyard trail junction, then crossed the small creek and headed west toward Lookingglass Lake. Riparian flowers lined the creek crossings.

gentian

second creek

paintbrush

cinquefoil

first creek

We decided the crossing of Cascade Creek looked difficult so we turned back after a rest at the water with great views of the mountain.

On the way down, we noticed the distance views of Mt St Helens, Mt Hood and west toward Indian Heaven.

Mt St Helens

Mt Hood

There were plenty of huckleberries for the picking. Berries, flower seedheads and tints of red foliage in the huckleberry and vine maple foreshadow the coming of fall.

fairy bells

huckleberry

spirea

corn lily

Cascade Mountain ash

bitter cherry

columbine seed heads

mountain ash

huckleberry

thimble berry

A few other items of interest along the way:

lichen and roots

ghost tree

My first time seeing pine drops

Our hike was approximately 9 miles with 1500 feet elevation gain, and the flower count was 34, with 5 berries.

gps track

34 flowers/5 berries

Mementos from my Peruvian travelers:

Knitting:

two more tortillas for the collection

And of course, the Eclipse, which I watched at 99% in my front yard:

16. Visiting in Eugene; Hiking in Silver Falls State Park

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Family time in Eugene, Oregon

A sister visiting from California created an opportunity for us to spend part of the week in Eugene visiting other family members while my husband and daughter are off on an adventure to Machu Picchu, Peru. We found a house to rent for a few days near the University,

and were able to spend some lovely down time relaxing, celebrating my birthday, and trying to stay cool in the unreasonable hot temperatures and smoky hazy air that have settled in the Willamette Valley for an overlong period this year. There was lots of color around town and at the Saturday Market,

the UO Art Museum,

Untitled (Full Color Butterfly 47.77), 2016, Mark Grotjahn

and a couple of family yards that were blooming with lovely flowers.

Wild turkeys

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Silver Falls State Park 8/6/2017 (#40)

We drove home via Silver Falls State Park, arriving about 4 pm and unrealistically hoping for slightly cooler temperatures. We completed the short loop (about 3 miles and 300 feet) around the Upper and Lower South Falls.

Upper South Falls

Lower South Falls

Lower South Falls

Walking behind Upper Falls

Upper South Falls

It was a little hot for hiking, and the water levels were low enough that we were not at all misted when we passed behind the falls on the trail, another hope that was dashed. This contrasts markedly with the last time I was there in February, when we had to practically run those trail segments to avoid being soaked. Still, my sister enjoyed the scenery and the greenery, as she lives in a completely different landscape.

Lookback photos: February and August, 2017

Upper South Falls:

February 2017

August 2017

Upper South Falls from the footbridge:

February 2017

August 2017

Behind Upper South Falls:

February 2017

August 2017

Lower South Falls:

February 2017

August 2017

Another view of Lower South Falls:

February 2017

August 2017

A bit of Knitting:

Genius Wash Cloth

Meanwhile, in Peru,

Dan and Emily made it over 15000′ Salcantay Pass!

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15. Cloud Cap/Cooper Spur/ Timberline Trail, Mt Hood, Oregon 7/28/2017

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Timberline Trail High Point from Cloud Cap 7/28/2017 (#39)

We drove up the dusty switchbacks of Cloud Cap Road, through the burned forest from the 2008 and 2011 fires. Lupine, goldenrod, penstemon, aster and paintbrush lined the road, and the views to the Cascade peaks to the north appeared as we gained elevation.

Lupine lined road to Cloud Cap through the burned forest

The trail head is at 5600 feet, and we began our hike in the forest. We soon rounded a bend to clear views of the mountain, and of our trail heading up through loose moraine and across a stream. Abundant wildflowers lined the trail despite the dry dusty nature of the substrate.

Looking up toward Mt Hood

and back east down Tilly Jane Creek drainage

After crossing the drainage, we continued up and soon emerged above timberline on a rocky alpine slope with local patches of snow. We saw stunning views to the peak of Mt. Hood and it’s eastside glaciers, and to the Washington Cascade peaks of Mt St Helens, Mt Rainier and Mt Adams.

We continued gently up and down on the Timberline Trail, around ridges and across snowfields. We could see the peak, and the Cooper Spur moraine and ridgeline made distinctive by a huge boulder called tie in rock. We hiked that ridge to the base of the glacier a few years ago, and we could see a few antlike people hiking along the ridgeline today. We opted to stay along the timberline trail to its topographic high point, about 7300 feet. We traversed along the ridge adjacent to this point to a lunch spot with 360 degree panoramic views, including views to the south of Gnarl Ridge, Lamberson Butte, and much further to the south, the silhouettes of Mt Jefferson and Black Butte that were somewhat obscured by wildfire smoke in that direction. To the north, the view was still clear to Mt. Adams and Mt Rainier.

Cooper Spur moraine and with Tie-in Rock in the saddle

South view-Mt Jefferson in the smoke haze

Mts Rainier and Adams to the north

Though the landscape looks barren from a distance there were abundant flowers along the trail, some of them short or dwarf varieties.

Dwarf lupine, pussypaws, buckwheat, yarrow

Mountain aster

Partridge foot

Jacob’s ladder

Phlox

Penstemon

I love to look at the shapes and textures of the glaciers:

These suncups in a melting snowfield on the trail created an otherworldly landscape.

We stopped to look at the stone Cooper Spur shelter, and get a better look at the upper part of the Eliot Glacier.

Our round trip hike for the day was about 6 miles and 1650 feet.

GPS track

Flower list

Lookback: We completed this same hike in October of 2015 with friends. At that time there was an early winter dusting of snow, creating a frosted white landscape. The clarity and blueness of the sky was remarkable that day, despite the patchy clouds, with Cascade peaks both north and south easily seen.

The three Washington peaks to the north from timberline:

July 2017

October 2015

and from above timberline, with the Cloud cap shelter on the left:

July 2017

October 2015

Mt. Hood from the Timberline trail high point lunch spot; Cooper Spur/Tie-In Rock on the right:

July 2017

October 2015

Looking down Tilly Jane Creek from the trail crossing:

July 2017

October 2015

Craft Update:

I made a key basket for my son, and added one and a half knitted tortillas to my collection:

key basket

knitted tortillas

14. Lupine at Elk Meadows, and a bit of Knitting, 7/22/2017

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Elk Meadows, Mt. Hood 7/22/17 (#38)

This hike includes a lovely walk through the woods,

Lupine near the trailhead, with the tip of Mt. Hood in the trees.

Trailhead

a slightly harrowing crossing of Newton Creek,

Mt. Hood and Newton Creek

seven switchbacks up to the ridge top through woods and a hanging garden,

Lupine and Lewis monkey flower

Mt. Hood Lily

beardstongue

Bracted lousewort

Wintergreen

Paintbrush and bluebells

Yarrow

St. John’s wort

Columbine, bluebells, pearly everlasting and thimbleberry

and a gentle descent to blooming Elk Meadows with views to the east side of Mt. Hood.

So many flowers in the meadows!

Bog orchid

White rhododendron

Cinquefoil

Paintbrush and aster

Licorice root

Elephant head

arnica and lupine

willow herb and aster

aster

We circumnavigated the perimeter of the meadow through lupine carpeted forest.

Lupine in the woods

Mt. Hood

A million asters!

More lupine and asters

Bugbane and lupine

Another mountain view

We returned back down down the hanging meadow switchbacks, back over the rushing Newton Creek on tippy logs, and a quiet amble back to the trailhead.

Lewis monkeyflower

Stonecrop

goldenrod

Mt. Hood from Newton Creek

Yellow and pink monkey flowers

It is about 5 miles to the meadow and back, and another 2 miles around the perimeter and exploring the meadow area, for a total of 7 miles/1200 feet.

GPS track

Flower list

Lookback: We have hiked Elk Meadows before, with different views each time. I found photos from August 2013, where yellow flowers were prominent in the meadows, and once again, the top of the mountain was capped with clouds. We hiked with microspikes to the meadow in March of 2015, an especially low snow year, and had a crystal clear view of the mountain across pristine white meadows.

August 2013

March, 2015

July, 2017

Knitting

Progress on a few knitting projects:

Allegoro top

Socks

Another tortilla dishcloth

Colorwork washcloth

Margaret Quilts

Quilting, Knitting, Hiking

wildflowers

Back on the Trail – Grass Widows, Bald Eagles and Osage Oranges (18-4)

Catherine Creek Trail, WA 1/28/2018 (#3)

Balfour-Klickitat Eagles

Knitting and quilting

36. Labyrinth Hiking

The Labyrinth Trail, WA 12/16/2017 (#58)

LOOKBACK

CRAFTING

24. Frog Lake Buttes, Mt Hood

Frog Lake Butte, Mt Hood, Oregon 9/24/2017 (#47)

23. Visiting the Midwest

Ohio

Oberlin College

Brandywine Falls, Cuyahoga National Park, Ohio Sept. 17, 2017 (#46)

Chicago

Knitting update:

22. Mt St Helens Boundary Trail

Boundary Trail toward Harry’s Ridge 9/10/2017 (#45)

LOOKBACK:

19. Vista Ridge again, Fireweed this time

Vista Ridge, Mt. Hood, Oregon 8/25/2017 (#43)

LOOKBACK:

Knitting and other home front activity:

18. Late Summer on Mt Adams, Stagman Ridge Trail

Stagman Ridge, Mt. Adams, Washington 8/20/2017 (#42)

Mementos from my Peruvian travelers:

Knitting:

And of course, the Eclipse, which I watched at 99% in my front yard:

16. Visiting in Eugene; Hiking in Silver Falls State Park

Family time in Eugene, Oregon

Silver Falls State Park 8/6/2017 (#40)

Lookback photos: February and August, 2017

A bit of Knitting:

Meanwhile, in Peru,

14. Lupine at Elk Meadows, and a bit of Knitting, 7/22/2017

Elk Meadows, Mt. Hood 7/22/17 (#38)