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PostSun Jun 05, 2011 4:45 pm 
Lewisia on Tumwater
Lewisia on Tumwater
Worth the annoyance. tongue.gif I like to do the whole traverse every few years. Maybe that's because by then I've forgotten what a pain the blowdown is. shakehead.gif
Crap Crossing
Crap Crossing
Anyway, we started out at the end of Ranger Road which was gated in the morning but open by the time we came out in the afternoon. Huh? huh.gif So a nice little uphill road walk to warm up on. We took a couple of road forks to the left to lead us to the south saddle of the ridge. From there off-trail travel began and so did the Tweedy's Lewisia as well as countless other varieties.
Old Growth Survivors
Old Growth Survivors
Tumwater Mountain Highpoint
Tumwater Mountain Highpoint
We ate lunch at the highpoint which is a flowery knoll farther south and east than the rock in the woods that juts up. We worked our way through the junk and were finally spit out on the best part of the ridge, the northern bald knobs.
Big Lou
Big Lou
Drury Falls
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Drury Falls
Drury Falls
Drury Falls
Lewisia on Tumwater
Lewisia on Tumwater
Phlox Above the Wenatchee River Valley
Phlox Above the Wenatchee River Valley
Lewisia Above the Wenatchee River Valley
Lewisia Above the Wenatchee River Valley
Wildflower Variety
Wildflower Variety
Looking to Chumstick
Looking to Chumstick
Ridiculous Blooms
Ridiculous Blooms
Tumwater North
Tumwater North
We hit the road, heard the Bike & Brew Bash echoing up from Freund, followed some bear prints, and looped on down. Great outing!
Tumwater North
Tumwater North

"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go." (Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart) "Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry. Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky." (Thanks, Tom Petty)
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PostSun Jun 05, 2011 9:14 pm 
up.gif Nice flowers, I ended up on Chumstick that day, I couldn't get motivated to cross those log piles again. winksmile.gif

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PostSun Jun 05, 2011 9:22 pm 
I wub.gif lewisia!!! With everything else being so late this year, it seems like the lewisia are early... I need to go find me some!

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PostMon Jun 06, 2011 5:10 pm 
Zachster, I would venture to say that Tumwater Mountain is the center of the Tweedy's Lewisia universe. dizzy.gif Chiwaukum Trail has some good ones as well. up.gif up.gif Git 'em now.

"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go." (Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart) "Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry. Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky." (Thanks, Tom Petty)
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