March 31, 2017: Doug's Beach State Park (Columbia River Gorge, Washington)

A.k.a. the "Three Benches Loop"... although it seemed more like just two benches to me.
seasonal waterfall
Carey's balsamroot
Columbia desert parsley
fiddleneck
popcorn flower
balsamroot
basalt terraces
pungent desert parsley
henbit, budding
poet's shooting stars
basalt cliffs & grassy slopes
yellow bells
gold stars
yellow bells, fading to orange
naked broomrape
death-camas
Ortley lava pinnacles
grass widows
saxifrage & grass widows
ball-head waterleaf
gold stars & the Columbia River
gold stars
gold stars
Columbia desert parsley
small-flowered blue-eyed-Mary
gold stars & pinnacles
basalt pinnacles
basalt pinnacles & the Columbia River
basalt crags & talus
prairie stars & spring whitlow-grass

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