12 miles of hiking • 3000' elevation gain •
Left PDX at 6 am and drove to Horsetheif butte in search of the flower broomrape. We did indeed find some and this was a very beautiful area. Next we drove to Dalles Mountain Ranch and hiked up to Stacker Butte. We saw 4 deer, tons of birds, tons of flowers and zero people on this hike. Next was Catherine Creek to check out the Arch and to find some Bitterroot flowers. We had sun almost the whole time and a few sprinkles but decent temps. Once we got to Starvation creek the rain was coming on very steady but we checked out all three waterfalls the massive ant hill I have I have somehow missed every time I have been here. We then headed back to portland to checkout the new McMenamins downtown to wrap the day up with a friends band and some Ruby : )
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