Umtanum Creek Canyon — Saturday, Sep. 17, 2016

Central Washington > Yakima

We hiked up the canyon about 2 miles and then set up camp, crossing paths with three rattlesnakes on the trail before arriving at our camp site. After setting up camp we hiked up the trail a couple more miles and didn't see any more snakes for the rest of the weekend. We didn't make it far enough up the creek to see the waterfall. We saw some deer, presumably trying to eat apples from the apple trees which hung heavy with ripe fruit. There are also walnut trees in the valley that were planted years ago by a homesteader. The creek was running pretty low but still had enough water in it that we could filter water or wash dishes. It looked like some fall colors were starting to come into the area.