Hiked from Tiger Mountain Road towards South Tiger, under power lines and then up the gravel road to marked trail on the right going through wooded area. This part of the South Tiger Traverse is seriously overgrown, I had poles to help part the foliage and was glad to be wearing long pants. There was one downed tree across the trail, but it wasn't too big and easy to step over. Hopefully the trail crews that take care of this trail can get out and do some serious brushing on this trail.
I hiked up to this area searching out the wild blackberries that grow on the ground they are very small but delicious. Also many bushes of Thimbleberries (wild raspberry), the ripe ones are very sweet but fragile, they melt in your mouth. Also lots of Huckleberries, they seemed tart to me however. The foxgloves are at the very end of their bloom.
It was cloudy which helped keep the temperature down and a few raindrops on my hike back to car. Not enough moisture to do anything for the dry forest.
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