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04/14/26 - The Mules Are Back in Town

This time the mules were back. We took another hike along what was once Olympic Hot Springs Road from Madison Falls, and this time the mules were back at the mule camp doing the usual mules things like standing around and eating. One time we saw a frisky new mule trying to start a fight with every other mule and getting rejected, but not this time. That time, we got to see a lot of mules rolling their eyes and saying, in mule language, what's up with this guy.

There was no such drama this time, but there were more fawn lilies, more trilliums and orchids in bloom. Over the winter, the Elwha bit off a chunk of the shore, shoved around a lot of big logs and reshaped part of the river where the trail went down to the bank. The park service did a good job rerouting the trail inland with just an easy stepping stone crossing upstream from where there used to be a footbridge.

We've been checking off our spring list with the UW cherry blossoms, skunk cabbage, fawn lilies and trilliums. It would be nice if there were more snow on the mountains, but winter is over and spring is here.


The mules are back.






















Keywords: elwha, spring, trilliums