A Seven Mile hike on
---- The Bagby Hot Springs Trail ----
Thursday, July 18, 2014

The group arrives and receives instructions from our able leader

The first part of the trail was very nice.

We walked through an old growth forest

There was a nice bridge over a stream that has a small waterfall

After about a mile and a half we arrive at the Hot Springs.

There are some public tubs like this one

Inside the building there were private rooms with tubs.

Here is the hot water entering the tubs

This is how you control the temperature.

There is a tub of cold water and buckets so you can add cold water to your tub

Here is Joan washing off the dust from the hike

This is a big old tree near the hot springs

We did not stop at the Hot Springs for very long

We went on to this delightful waterfall and beyond

Someone decided it was time to cool off

Photo courtesy of Cathy

One of the hikers resting
Thinking about This, That, and There (and maybe Here)
While the Chip Monk looked for food.

Photo courtesy of Cathy

Map of the area

Twinflower
(sometimes written Twin Flower)
(Linnaea borealis)

The Twinflower plant is a perennial. It is a member of the honeysuckle family.

The flowers usually occur in pairs; however, sometimes there are single flowers. The flowers droop from a long stalk. The flowers are white or pink, and they have red stripes inside the bell.

The leaves of the Twinflower plant are evergreen. Each leaf lasts two years before being shed and replaced with a new leaf.

Pipsissewa
Also called: Pine Flower, Wintergreen, Rheumatism Weed,and Dragon's Tongue.
(Chimaphila umbellata)

The Pipsissewa leaves have very little scent until they are rubbed to release a pleasant but mildly "puckery" odor. Pipsissewa leaves are used as a flavoring in root beer production, and in candy.

There are many legends and stories about the medical uses of Pipsissewa

white-veined wintergreen
Also called: whitevein shinleaf
(Pyrola picta)

Note: The Latin word "picta" means "painted or variegated".

There are eight different Pyrola species found in Oregon:
1. Leafless Wintergreen: (Pyrola aphylla)
2. Large Pyrola, Liverleaf Wintergreen, (Pink Pyrola or Pyrola asarifolia)
3. Greenish Wintergreen, Greenflowered Wintergreen, Green-flowered Wintergreen: (Pyrola chlorantha)
4. Toothed Wintergreen: (Pyrola dentate)
5. Lesser Wintergreen, Snowline Pyrola: (Pyrola minor)
6. White Pyrola, White-veined Wintergreen: (Pyrola picta)
7. Sidebells Pyrola: (Orthilia secunda)
8. Woodnymph, Single Delight: (Moneses uniflora)

Click Here for a Description of each species (