Big Creek — Saturday, May. 1, 2021

It's all new spring green right now. I arrived at the trail head at 10 a.m. on a partly cloudy Saturday. It was easy parking on the side of the road, light hiker traffic all the way to the lookout point and back to my car, snow-free, and absolutely beautiful. The bees are active along with the mosquitoes; nothing too annoying yet. Besides the bright green everywhere you look and the rushing water, wild flowers dot the sides of the loop trail. So far you can find pacific trillium, salmon berry, yellow evergreen violets, bleeding hearts, and spring beauties. I wasn't sure if the lookout on a cloudy day would be worth it. It was worth it times ten. Happy hiking.