South Shore of Phillips Lake

This morning we drove to the South Shore of Phillips Lake near Sumpter OR and made a loop out of a portion of the South Shore Trail, the Deer Lick Trail, the Coyote Cove Trail and finish on a portion of the Rim Rock Trail for 3.6 miles and 260 ft overall gain. The hike is in a pine forest with some views of Phillips Lake and distant Elkhorn Mountains. Sove of the views along the trail:

zoom of the Elkhorn Mountains across Phillips Lake some of the wildflowers we saw along the trail today

Chamna Nature Preserve

On our drive to La Grande Oregon, we stopped at the Chamna Nature Preserve in Richland WA and hiked the River, Peninsul Loop and Tapteal Trails making a 3.7 mile loop. This area had lots of trees with some river views.

Some of our views along the trails

some of the wildflowers seen along the way:

Kings Canyon Wash - Gould Mine Trail Loop

This afternoon, we drove to the southern end of Saguaro (West) National Park and hiked up Kings Canyon Wash to see the petroglyphs, the continued less than 1/2 mile of the Sendero Esperanza Trail,and down the Gould Mine Trail to the trailhead. About 2.6 miles with 330 ft of overall elevation gain.

views going up Kings Canyon Wash

some of the petroglyphs seen along the wash about 3/4 mile up the trail.

one of the lizards we saw on the trail.

penstemon in bloom along with ocotillo

views along the Sendero Esperanza Trail,and down the Gould Mine Trail