Umtanum Creek Canyon — Friday, May. 1, 1998

Central Washington > Yakima

Took my better half on our annual springwildflower trip to Umtanum Creek in the Yakima River canyon last weekend, and we timed it perfectly. The bloom was in full swing, with ample supplies of blue, yellow, white, and pink flowers. Jill knows most of their names, but the book was handy for curing what she calls ""sieve brain"". There were snakes, too. Ones with rattles on their tails. And some gun-toting miscreants were shooting things back in there. Lots of beaver handiwork back in there...Being a dentist, Jill was especially impressed with dentician that could cut a two foot big leaf maple. This trail goes quite a ways back in there and is a bit hard to follow at times, but hey, if you can get lost in here, you should go to the mall instead. ;-)