{"id":1996,"date":"2022-10-29T08:15:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T15:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/?p=1996"},"modified":"2022-12-08T18:26:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T02:26:48","slug":"county-creek-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/?p=1996","title":{"rendered":"County Creek Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Trip Date:<\/strong> June 26th, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Campsite-location-at-County-Creek-Trailhead.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Campsite-location-at-County-Creek-Trailhead.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1999\" width=\"650\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Campsite location at County Creek Trailhead<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>An overnight camping trip in the Mount Baker &#8211; Snoqualmie National Forest was the plan this weekend, but other than that, no formal destination we decided upon. We did some exploring up the Little Naches River and found ourselves a few miles up a side gravel road, deep in the forest. At the end of the road, at a small trailhead parking lot, there was an excellent dispersed campsite available for us to use for the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.gaiagps.com\/public\/QatoU2mVl4sb3VAttujSCgwl?embed=True\" style=\"border:none; overflow-y: hidden; background-color:white; min-width: 320px; max-width:600px; width:100%; height: 420px;\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"seamless\"><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/syYx5MlY8h4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Evening-sun-behind-the-trees.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Evening-sun-behind-the-trees.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2006\" width=\"650\"\/><\/a><figcaption>The sun setting behind the trees at our campsite<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After a wet spring season, the wildflowers were making a strong showing on this early summer outing. Many of the flowers are white, maybe with a little bit of accents or highlights, but others have deep colors that almost seem unnatural.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Candy-Flower-Claytonia-sibirica-1.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Candy-Flower-Claytonia-sibirica-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2008\" width=\"325\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Candy Flower <em>(Claytonia sibirica)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Bunchberry-Cornus-unalaschkensis-.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Bunchberry-Cornus-unalaschkensis-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2002\" width=\"325\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Dwarf Dogwood Flower<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Unknown-Pink-Flower.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Unknown-Pink-Flower.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2007\" width=\"325\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Unknown Five Pedal Flower<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Fly-on-a-Dwarf-Dogwood-Bloom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Fly-on-a-Dwarf-Dogwood-Bloom.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2004\" width=\"325\" height=\"294\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Bunchberry (<em>Cornus unalaschkensis<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Prarie-Violet-Viola-praemorsa.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/gravelbound.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Prarie-Violet-Viola-praemorsa.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2010\" width=\"650\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Prarie Violet (<em>Viola praemorsa<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It was still early in the summer season, with cool temperatures in the evening. 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