Thirteenmile — Tuesday, May. 6, 2025

A lovely well maintained trail starting in forested gorge with towering basalt walls and gently climbing through open ponderosa pine and doug fir forest to meadows and parkland and vista. Quite peaceful and tranquil and welcoming.
The diversity of flowers was impressive - more than 20 types. Good amount of phlox, shooting star, larkspur. Also balsam arrowroot, camas, false Salomon seal, Oregon grape, prairie star, clematis, butter cup, desert parsley, ball head waterleaf, service berry, violets, hooker's fairy bells and more.
Three streams running early on, then dry. A very few mosquitoes towards late afternoon.