A seven and a half mile hike on two trails
Catherine Creek and Dry Creek Falls
Sunday February 22, 2015

Hikers: Joan, Elmer and Gunnar Sedleniek

some photos coursey of Gunnar














It was a beautiful day
Mt. Hood was sparkling
The Columbia River was calm



























Here are the hikers











There were fields of Grass Widows flowers
Formal name: Olsynium douglasii





To take pictures of flowers one must get down near them

There were a few Oregon Sunshine flowers
Also called: Woolly Sunflower formal name: Eriophyllum lanatum





There were a few special Columbia Desert Parsley flowers
Formal Name: Lomatium columbianum
This variety of Desert Parsely only grows on the Washington side of the Columbia River











After Catherine Creek we hiked along a delightful trail to to Dry Creek Falls






Dry Creek was not very dry

Here is where we hiked on Cathrine Creek

Here is where we hiked to Dry Creek Falls


Directions to Catherine Creek

  1. Take I-84 to Hood River
  2. Cross the Bridge at Hood River
  3. Go right on Hwy 14 to Bingen
  4. Stay on Hwy 14 for four and a half miles passed Bigen
  5. At four and a half miles passed Bigen
  6. Go left on Old Highway 8 (that is also Rd 1230)
  7. Go one and a half miles to the Trailhead




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