Hiking Notes.

I just returned from a hike on Lower Table Rock. Hiking guides in the southern Oregon area call the trail "moderate," but in fact it is largely strenuous. After one gets to the top of the rock, there is a trail continuing for about a mile to the edge. It used to be an airplane landing:



I will have to make it a point to visit the rocks during the spring months because there are many wildflowers there, including the endangered dwarf woolly meadowfoam, which grows only on the Table Rocks and nowhere else on the planet. What would also be worthwhile is seeing the vernal pool fairy shrimp, which can be seen during the rainy months of November through April. It is also on the federal list.