Bean Creek Basin — Tuesday, Jul. 16, 2002

Snoqualmie Region > Salmon La Sac/Teanaway

We four left Seattle and headed east and this time there was no weather related reason to head in that direction.....just the Cle Elum Bakery and the wildflowers! After our official bakery stop we drove the North Fork Teanaway Road and encountered fire crews shortly past the 29 Pines Campground. We stopped to ask what was going on as we didn't particularly want a ""hot"" lunch that day. They were great and assured us they'd come get us if things deteriorated. So at 9:15 we started out. The trail was very dry and dusty but the creek was full and noisy..delightful. Crossing was no problem and we continued up with flowers all around. In the Basin there were flowers of every color and texture. We saw yarrow, buckwheat, shooting stars, scarlet gila, wild roses (oh, the smell!!), lupine, penstimmon, Indian paintbrush, it was glorious!! And the backdrop was a bluebird sky!!! Bugs were minimal, no snow, no blowdowns. Perfection!!