Hat Point...52º

Four years ago Pam started working summers, cleaning campgrounds, for the forest service...Her area covers a lot of territory...Bear Creek, Lostine River Area, Hurricane Creek, Wallowa Lake Trail heads, Hat Point, most of the Imnaha, Hells Canyon Overlook and also Fishlake...Since we have always had fun exploring the great outdoors, it is no surprise that she wants me to see these places...She called on Tuesday night and said, "Do you want to go to Hat Point tomorrow, the wildflowers are in full bloom." Without hesitation I said, "YES."

So as we used to say, she took a "bus man holiday" drove her car, on her day off and we retraced her route, 30 miles to Imnaha, then 5 miles of very steep, rough, narrow dirt road, we stopped at 5 mile overlook to look out over the Imnaha Country and back to the Wallowa Mountains...The road smoothed out after that and the next 17 miles are mostly smooth, if you miss the potholes...Next stop was "Granny View" where we walked the loop and were surrounded by carpets of wildflowers, nestled in among the rock out-croppings...We drove on to Hat Point where we ate our lunch, looking down into the Snake River Canyon and the Seven Devils, mountain range in Idaho.

After lunch we drove on to Hat Point Lookout and climbed to the very top of the tower...Pam spotted the Mountain Sheep/Goats way off in the distance...I could only see them with binoculars...Sad to say we forgot to take a photo as proof, but more amazing views greeted us from that Lofty Perch...Hugs To All...OWAV:)

PS...My photos don't show how beautiful it really was, but gives you an idea.

Wallowa mountains in the background.