We meet at the Ballpark in Gillies Bay at 10:00am.
Last week we had near perfect hiking weather and drove along Bell Road as far as First Lake where we parked. We headed south on the old logging road that passes along the west shoreline of Third Lake although the forest makes it hard to get a look at the lake unless you go down the short trail with a cairn at the start. Not long ago we did a very good job of cleaning up the old hiking trail that runs from the end of the old logging road through the forest to the north end of Mystery Lake. Our plan was to find a route to get us up to a possible viewpoint on a bluff that overlooks the lake from the south and sure enough we found one that offered views of Mt. Davies, Plateau Mountain and Mt. Manzanita in the distance.
My photo from a recent hike shows a feature we often see on bushes of Evergreen Huckleberry where a rust disease infection [Pucciniastrum geoppertianum] has caused the plant to form a cluster of distorted stems called Witches Broom.
JD.
Evergreen Huckleberry, Vaccinium ovatum - a branch with major rust infection.
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