{"id":2806,"date":"2019-06-12T04:34:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T04:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/?p=2806"},"modified":"2019-06-12T04:34:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T04:34:12","slug":"upper-table-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2019\/06\/12\/upper-table-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"Upper Table Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, May 24, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Greg and I spent Memorial Day weekend exploring southern Oregon. On Friday we drove to Central Point, and had lunch at the Rogue Creamery, where they sell two different kinds of grilled cheese sandwich.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48024877077_30213a3d5c_c.jpg\" alt=\"Rogue Creamery\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48024775381_aa958c00e5_c.jpg\" alt=\"Rogue Creamery\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we headed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonhikers.org\/field_guide\/Upper_Table_Rock_Hike\">Upper Table Rock<\/a> outside Medford:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48013696867_6f94d89b94_c.jpg\" alt=\"Upper Table Rock Trailhead\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48013609321_6ce5fe551f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Hiking up Upper Table Rock\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We saw a number of wildflowers along the trail:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48013620363_6ae4202d9d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Wildflowers\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Ookow<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48013608201_31272a9a6d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Wildflowers\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Oregon Sunshine<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48013724047_940c6f5d2a_c.jpg\" alt=\"Wildflowers\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Henderson&#8217;s Stars<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48024882423_616a3cf310_c.jpg\" alt=\"Clarkia Wildflowers\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Clarkia<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We also saw A LOT of poison oak:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48013619313_766c551df0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Poison oak\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There were some cool-looking madrone trees:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48024878712_1a4a168821_c.jpg\" alt=\"Madrone tree\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first viewpoint along the trail is getting pretty overgrown:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48013649928_8f858f39d0_c.jpg\" alt=\"Overgrown view\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But the next spot is much better:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48013725192_b5fa2f22fe_c.jpg\" alt=\"View of Mt. McLoughlin\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We continued up through the forest:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48013723472_0b68ebfc07_c.jpg\" alt=\"Hiking up Upper Table Rock\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Until we reached the flat top of Upper Table Rock:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48013722852_d966bb5af9_c.jpg\" alt=\"Upper Table Rock\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We headed to the left:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48013634391_4e8e128a47_c.jpg\" alt=\"Upper Table Rock\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And from the rim we had a nice view of the Rogue Valley below us, and Mt. McLoughlin beyond:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48013645933_000d0ca7b8_c.jpg\" alt=\"Mt. McLoughlin\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48013740052_ef3751f402_c.jpg\" alt=\"Mt. McLoughlin\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We could see Mt. Ashland (the one with snow on it) and Wagner Butte (the next peak to the right), both of which we have hiked to the top of:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48013633256_42463d6d77_c.jpg\" alt=\"Mt. Ashland and Wagner Butte\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We walked over to the part of the rim that looks down into the bowl formed by the U-shape of Upper Table Rock:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48019552648_b68cc240a9_c.jpg\" alt=\"Looking into the bowl\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We could see Lower Table Rock nearby:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48019551658_471d91e2ac_c.jpg\" alt=\"View of Lower Table Rock\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48024953292_83ca122f17_c.jpg\" alt=\"Upper Table Rock\" width=\"800\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This ended up being a cool place to hang out for awhile because a group of about a dozen turkey vultures was soaring over the trees below us. It was really fun watching them from above, something we don&#8217;t normally get to do!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48019666887_86d8fa77d8_c.jpg\" alt=\"Turkey vulture\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48019711283_6b126b9859_c.jpg\" alt=\"Turkey vulture\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We followed the trail north for a little ways, spotting these lovely purple wildflowers that are Doublehorn Calicoflower:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48024805058_7b0c5f1140_c.jpg\" alt=\"Wildflowers\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then we hiked back down to the car. This was a very pleasant afternoon hike. The wildflowers were lovely and watching the turkey vultures was really awesome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, May 24, 2019 Greg and I spent Memorial Day weekend exploring southern Oregon. 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