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Far Country, Wildside Connector & Coal Creek Trail — Monday, May. 6, 2024

Issaquah Alps > Cougar Mountain
Bleeding heart and candy flower

My first visit to Far Country Falls, and it was not what I expected. In fact, at first glance it just looked like a moss-covered rocky ravine. But it's really a beautiful spot, quiet and secluded, with many rivulets filtering down between the rocks. I found it hard to photograph, too, so I recommend you go and check it out in person.

All the way from the Red Town trailhead to the falls, trails were lined with bleeding heart, frequently comingled with candy flower (miner's lettuce?). I wonder if these species are symbiotic (I'm pretty ignorant on the subject of wildflowers—trying to learn more).

I got to Red Town via Coal Creek, but don't have anything to add to other recent reports on that trail.

Far Country Falls. Look closely for the many rivulets of falling water.
Lots of bleeding heart and candy flower
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