Return to Expedition 2000 homeCody Massing
May 24, 2000
#36
12:00PM
Location: Harris Creek, 2000 ft., 10T0607844/5250144
Temperature and Weather:
60 degrees, clear and sunny
Habitat:
Douglas fir and cedar forest with alder (leaves almost full-size). Sword ferns, bracken ferns, dying trillium, dandelions, salal, also lots of small grasses, weeds and moss in underbrush. Bleeding hearts, too. Mountainous area with some clear cuts and lots of second growth forest. A few small areas of old growth.
#37
3:40PM
Location: 1500 ft., 10T0601726/5253995
Temperature and Weather:
67 degrees, sunny with a few clouds
Habitat:
Western hemlock, cedar, douglas fir, alder, vine maple, red-cap (thimble berry), salmon berry, bracken fern, and sword fern, salal, devil's club. Saw some Indian paintbrush, forget-me-nots, and some small purple flowers growing in the rocks. The bushes are fuller and underbrush is more developed. Trillium no longer blooming. Salmon berries have green berries now. Still going over many cold, clear, fast-flowing streams. Rocky hillsides. Lot of second growth forest.
About 169 miles total walked.
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