Jefferson Park 27 July 2015

Last hike in OR for Andrea and Mike.  We hiked Jefferson Park on a cloudy cool day. The water level for all the lakes and ponds was low, and the flowers were gone or about gone for the most part (unless they had a water source). One thing I saw I had never seen at Jeff Park was the glacial melt in the creek.  It was milky in the morning but by the time we passed the creek again in the afternoon, it was very milky and running stronger.
We explored all the lakes except Park Lake.  Bays Lake had some nice secluded campsites.
13 mi 1800 ft gain

map

Jeff was hiding in the clouds

yummy huckleberries ripe in July!!

Whitewater Creek

lunch spot

Gentian

paintbrush

some plants are showing fall colors

Bays Lake

Bays Lake

even milkier in the afternoon