May 5, 2019
Temperatures in the valley were on the rise and with all the snow melted, Union Creek was calling our name. We took Katie and hiked the
Upper Rogue trail from Woodruff Bridge to the Natural Bridge. This section had a mix of slow moving river and fast, churning white water as the river is very full from all the snow melt. We made a couple of stops along the trail to explore and get a closer look at some falls, and once at the Natural Bridge Day Use Area we checked out all the viewpoints even though the Natural Bridge was under water. When we completed our hike along the Upper Rogue, we drove to Prospect and hiked to Pearsoney Falls and a viewpoint of the water cascades coming down the Avenue of the Boulders. Both were amazing with all of the water! We thought about stopping to view
Mill Creek Falls and Barr Falls, but is was getting hot and with 9.4 miles in the book, we headed home where we enjoyed sandwiches from the
Picnic Basket Deli in Shady Cove. This hike also put us over the 200 mile mark for the year. Who knows, maybe we will hit 500 miles this year.
Trekking Together
Glenn & Carol
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| The cascade at Woodruff Bridge where we started our hike. |
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| Dogwood trees were in bloom. |
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| Another cascade about 2 miles into our hike. |
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| Trillium's were numerous along the trail along with Calypso Orchids |
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| Sign has Pearsoney but Oregon State Parks has is as Pearsony - who is right? |
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| Pearsoney Falls. Notice the falls to the left due to so much water. |
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| View of Rogue River cascading down to the Avenue of the Boulders |
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