Weather: Today the weather was foggy with a cloud deck down to the south boundary of the NAP, with light winds picking up to 15 mph and temperatures in the low to upper 40s. By mid-afternoon, the skies cleared partly to mostly sunny with winds to 20 mph and temps to the uper 40s and low 50s.
* indicates the wildflower is currently in bloom.
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica
Heartleaf Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum
Douglas' Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare
* Western Spring Beauty: Claytonia lanceolata - Beginning to bloom.
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum - Beginning to bloom.
* Obscure Buttercup, The Dalles Mt. Buttercup: Ranunculus triternatus
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna
* Smooth Prairie Stars: Lithophragma glabrum - Beginning to bloom.
Small-flowered Lupine: Lupinus latifolius X sericeus (Synonym: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus) - Leaves emerging from the ground.
Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
Biscuitroot: Lomatium macrocarpum - Only leaves
Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Only leaves.
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi
Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - Basal leaves only.
* Watson's Desert Parsley: Lomatium watsonii
Columbia Frasera: Frasera albicaulis var. nitida - Basal leaves only.
Harsh Paintbrush: Castilleja hispida var. acuta - Purplish stems arising from the ground.
Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule
False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - In bud.
Animals Seen Along This Route Today:
Red-tailed Hawks
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Flickers
Western Meadowlarks
Horned Larks