My wife, Karen, & I took a hike on the Gold Creek trail today. I climbed up to Devil's Slide to look for the resident goat herd. There was lots of fir on the trees & bushes, but no goats to be seen. As we had gotten a fairly late start, we only walked for another half mile or so before stopping for lunch. We met six other hikers on the way back as well as a friend on a mountain bike. He reported that he had stopped at Devil's Slide & saw about 25 goats, 10 of which were kids. The wildflowers were very nice the whole way, especially the first quarter mile or so which was a beautiful rock garden. Our friend on the mountain bike later reported that further on he had seen some of the densest patches of glacier lilies, spring beauties, & grass widows that he had ever seen. It was mostly cloudy & cool when we started, but the afternoon cleared off giving nice views of Rainier, Nelson Ridge, & Mt Adams.
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