04/17 - Ring Mt.

 

Eight of us had a good walk among the flowers of the Ring Mt Preserve. We started from the Westward Dr trailhead, went up the Phyllis Ellman Trail, made the loop around petroglyph rock, went up the steep trail to Turtle Rock, then up the fire road, past the water tank, to the area where we sometimes see the red silene (too early this time). The return went down the fire road, along a bit of the Ellman trail and then off across the meadow and down along the trees to the small creek crossing. We not only saw flowers, there was wildlife, too: deer, a coyote and a very long garter snake!  Under 3 miles.

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