It was difficult to choose a favorite image from this hike - eventually I settled on this one, though I have a few pinholes that come in a close second.
Rowena Crest will always be one of my "seasonally favorite" places of all time. While the balsamroot shout their sunny little heads off, garnering accolades from many photographers, in my heart of hearts I will always side with the bumblebees in my preference for the fragrant, lovely lupine.
Oh, and another interesting thing about this hike - it was done at sunrise on Mother's Day, and the fam joined me in Mosier for a second hike that same day - but by then it was blazing hot, and three out of five Nelsons bailed about a half mile in. As for the other two... that's a story for another post.
Not-so-inside tip... at the end of this hike, you can find a little trail that dives off the top of Tom McCall Point, down a hill and through a stand of dead and smooth-trunked trees, and then heads steeply up another hill (in a south easternly direction). The trail follows the top of that hill, skirting a fence and private property, eventually reaching an access road, and then seems to disappear. But the take home message is that you only have to head a minute or two down that trail to find a peaceful, out-of-the-wind lunch spot, away from the gaggle of people that can linger at Tom McCall Point.
Image made with my Hasselblad 500 C/M.
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