Umtanum Creek Canyon — Thursday, May. 18, 2017

After setting up camp at Big Pines CG, we drove to the Umtanum Recreation Area and  hiked two miles to the second creek crossing. This crossing was doable across logs, but it was our turn around time. At the first creek crossing we had to wait for a rattlesnake to cross the logs! Something you don't see every day! :)! White and lavender lilacs and quince were seen at the old homestead. Lupine, balsamroot, popcorn flowers, fiddle neck, Iris, bitterbrush, larkspur, phacelia, and puccoon were some of the other flowers seen. We had read that Lazuli Bunting and Yellow-breasted chats were in the area, but we saw none. We saw only a harrier.