{"id":8060,"date":"2024-05-04T11:18:10","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T18:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=8060"},"modified":"2024-05-04T11:18:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T18:18:10","slug":"rowena-ridge-balsamorhiza-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/?p=8060","title":{"rendered":"Rowena Ridge: Balsamorhiza and Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Balsamorhiza season is almost over. It is quite early this year. Everybody has already been shown meadows and mountains covered with balsamorhiza. Unfortunately, I missed the season this year, but I found last year’s photos from Rowena Ridge above Columbia River. This pace is easily accessible and very popular, but still quite pictures. <\/p>\n

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On our way up. Views of Columbia, flowers, and oak groves.<\/p>\n

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Adams appears.<\/p>\n

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Then we are higher than more spacious views and more diverse flowers becomes.<\/p>\n

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Mt Hood appears<\/p>\n

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opposite to Mt Adams.<\/p>\n

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Besides the hike to the Ridge with Balsamorhiza meadows and Mt Adams and Mt Hood view, there is a trail along Columbia River from the same parking lot. Also nice views and plenty of flowers.<\/p>\n

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Echinocystis aka wild cucumber.<\/p>\n

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A microplant, which name I cannot remember.<\/p>\n

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More views of Columbia River.<\/p>\n

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Balsamorhiza season is almost over. It is quite early this year. Everybody has already been shown meadows and mountains covered with balsamorhiza. Unfortunately, I missed the season this year, but I found last year’s photos from Rowena Ridge above Columbia River. This pace is easily . . . → Continue reading Rowena Ridge: Balsamorhiza and Beyond<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[359,403,327],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8060"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8060"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8062,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8060\/revisions\/8062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mscreativity.ca\/writing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}