Here is the path we followed

Our able leader Jim assembles the group and points to the start of the trail

We crossed a stream but there was a nice bridge

Here is Joan on the bridge

We walked by "Pot Hole Falls"

We followed a nice stream

We came to Lacamas Lake

Some of the trail was a bit rocky

The trail went through fields of Camas Lilly's

Camas Lily
(Camassia)

Common Names: camas, quamash, Indian hyacinth, and wild hyacinth

Camassia species were an important food staple for Native Americans and settlers.

While Camassia species are edible and nutritious, the white-flowered species that grow in the same areas are toxic. However, and the bulbs are quite similar, hence, care is required in digging and eating the bulbs.

It is said that the Indians, marked the location of white flower, so that in the fall, after the flowers where gone, they could avoid the bulbs of the white species.

The Camas bulbs were a food source for many native peoples in the western United States and Canada. After being harvested in the autumn,the bulbs were pit-roasted or boiled.

A pit-cooked camas bulb looks and tastes something like baked sweet potato, but sweeter, and with more fibers.

When dried, the bulbs can be pounded into flour. Native American tribes who ate camas include the Nez Perce, Cree, Coast Salish, Lummi, and Blackfoot tribes. According to their diaries, the Camas bulbs also helped members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition survive the winter they spent in Oregon.

Fringecups
(Tellima grandiflora)
Also called: bigflower tellima,False Alumroot, and Fringecup

This plant is said to have various medical properties

It is often grown as a garden plant

Avalanche lily
(Erythronium montanum)

Also called: Alpine Fawnlily, White Avalanche-lily

Erythronium montanum flowers shortly after the snow melts in late spring

Note: the Glacial Lily is similar in shape,but it is yellow.

Rosy Plectritis
(Plectritis congesta)
Also called: shortspur, seablush,Sea Blush

Scotch broom
(Cytisus scoparius)

This is an invasive species.

Scotch broom has been introduced into several continents outside its native range and it is classified as a noxious invasive species in California and in the Pacific Northwest, in Australia,in New Zealand and in India The prolific growth of this species after timber harvest inhibits reforestation by competing with seedling trees. It is estimated that it is responsible for US$47 million in lost timber production each year in Oregon.[

This is the name of the park where we hiked

This shows the location relative to the highway