Beautiful Wild Lilies
On the first weekend of spring we visited Tryon Creek State Park. It’s the only Oregon State Park within a major metropolitan area, a few miles southeast of home.
With a little drizzle dampening the forest floor, there were many bright white-flowered trilliums joining the green ferns along every step of the trail.
Yellow skunk cabbages were pushing their way skyward in boggy areas, and burgundy salmonberry flowers were sprinkled on tall bushes in the drier spots.
Trillium (wild Lily)
Skunk Cabbage
Root Magic
There were many mature Douglas fir and Western cedar trees that had fallen due to the January ice storm. But, around the park were also examples of trees that began their live on a stump. Over the years the new trees had thrived and the old stumps had eroded away, leaving exposed roots in interesting shapes behind.
The 4 1/2 mile loop hike through the Park was a true delight.
My Favorite Model
Pacific Sideband Snail
My Favorite Model
Otter Pond
My Favorite Model
Slot for a springboard (likely from a logging operation over 100 years ago)
Nice stretch of trail
Nice, interesting post, John. My early childhood was in Redmond so most of this is familiar to me, but I xa m pretty sure I never saw that kind of snail. How big is it? Sure pretty compared to the common snail we used to put salt on to keep them from eating our gardens before we could.
Thanks Sandy. The snail is a small one. I see them off and on when hiking.