| Date: April 26, 2006 | | Location Tracy Hill Loop Hike | | Where: Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area | We are finding that we really like this mobile setup for Cascade Ramblings. We can set up the TREK motor home comfortably in a park, and then take the Scion Xa, the tow car, to the trailhead. Today it was to Catherine Creek to try and get in a GPS track for the BACKPACKER Magazine Map Project.
|  | | campsite at Memaloose State Park We were pleased to discover that a new foot bridge has been installed over Catherine Creek, easing this crossing.
|  | | Jeanette & Buster crossing Catherine Creek We followed a route I have been working on that is basically a counter-clock-wise loop of Tracy Hill. This is my third attempt to get a good GPS track on this route, and I was finally successfull. Backpacker GPS Hike
|  | | Jim entering a GPS waypoint It was interesting to note the change in flowers since the last trip---gone are the Grass Widows, and in their place we found Death Camas, Common Camas, Buttercups, Hound's Tongue, and Bitterroot.
|  | | Death Camas |  | | Great Hound's Tongue |  | | Bitterroot |
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