Great easy day hike. Rock formations are amazing. Did the East Uplands trail overlooking the canyon and enjoyed a refreshing breeze.

A Family friendly trail. Lots of bridges. Rivers run along side the trail. Beautiful wildflowers. Canyon rocks walls at one part, Forest in another part. Lots of variety of berries. Saw lots of birds, even a family of quails. Definitely will bringing my daughters with me next time.

Beautiful day.. easy trails to enjoy with the whole family. Lots of beautiful wildflowers, lots of berries, birds. Lots of bridges, Rivers along the trail. Enjoyed part of it feels like you’re hiking in the woods, another part wildflowers fields, another part like in the Canyon with beautiful colors & layers of rock walls. Will bring my daughters next time.

I took an afternoon walk in Cowiche Canyon from the west end today.  I only got as far as bridge #4 because I was waylaid by profuse stands of Showy Penstemon between bridges 2 & 3.  I don't think I've ever seen it this profuse in the canyon before.  The canyon sides ares pretty brown, but along the creek it is lush and green and there are lots of wildflowers blooming.  In addition to the penstemon, there is lots of buckwheat (especially Eriogonum stricta), purple sage, lupine, western white clematis, water hemlock, mock orange, wild rose, and a few others.  There were quite a few others our enjoying the warm afternoon.

I took an afternoon walk on the Cowiche Canyon Uplands today from the Scenic Dr trailhead.  I walked the East Uplands Trail about half-way into the canyon and back.  It's pretty dry and brown now, but there were still lots of purple sage and desert buckwheat (at least 4 species) in bloom along with some linear-leaf and cushion daisies.  The afternoon was sunny and hot with a nice breeze at times.