April 10, 2016
We have hiked Lower Table Rock many times due to it's close proximity and as such, it sometimes becomes one of those hikes that you do when you don't have the time to drive a long distance. So after hiking the Roxy Ann road/loop trail on Saturday and having some other things on the schedule for Sunday, we decided to "fit in" a hike at Lower Table Rock. That hike turned into possibly a "once-in-a-lifetime" hike to fields and fields of wildflowers.
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| Everything green and in bloom with Lower Table Rock looming. |
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| Ookow - just a sampling of the beautiful wildflowers on this hike! |
The sky was overcast and the parking lot had maybe a dozen cars when we set out on the hike around 9:00 am. Everything in the fields and along the trail was green or in bloom, which included numerous varieties of wildflowers with names like Houndstongue, Shooting Stars, Blue-Eyed Mary, Buttercup, Ookow, Desert Parsley, Fiddleneck, Bleeding Heart, Sea Blush, Camas, Larkspur, Cat's Ear, Goldfield, & Saxifrage.
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| Let the show begin! The fields of wildflowers start at the plateau. |
The highlight though was when we arrived at the plateau -- literally fields of flowers!!!! These fields consisted mostly of Bi-color Lupine, Rusty Popcorn flowers, Fiddlenecks, and Goldfield.
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| Fields and fields of wildflower beauty!! |
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| Bi-Color Lupine |
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| Goldfield |
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| View of the trail on the plateau |
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| A close up view of a field of Goldfield |
A fellow hiker, who had hiked the trail the previous day, said that the Goldfield flowers had bloomed overnight. It was a real treat and absolutely beautiful! Words cannot describe the sight and even our pictures cannot convey how beautiful the plateau was. We have never seen so many flowers on Lower Table Rock before and may not again.
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| One of only two vernal pools on the plateau that still had water |
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| A field of Bi-Color Lupine |
So never take anything for granted. Even a walk or hike that you have done time and time again. Hope you enjoy the pictures and take time to get out there yourself & see all the beauty waiting to be seen!!
Trekking Together
Glenn & Carol
Awesome and lucky you! I've been there once when the Camas lilies were going nuts but nowhere near as what your pictures show
ReplyDeleteGlenno!!! HI :) for now.
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