A Lovely Little Hike

Today we drove out to the gorge to enjoy the wonderful spring weather and do a bit of exploring. We headed to the Tom McCall Nature Preserve to see the magnificent show of wildflowers. There was balsam root and lupine flowering everywhere, as well as wild cucumber, prairie stars, and many flowers that I did not know the names of. There was also plenty of poison oak, which we managed to avoid, but not without a couple of scares (for some reason, if you tell a 4 year old not to do something, they just can't help but want to). It was crowded, but the views of the Columbia River were tremendous, and the weather was perfect. Here are a few pictures from our day: