{"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":"https:\/\/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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48024877077_30213a3d5c_c.jpg\" alt=\"Rogue Creamery\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48013696867_6f94d89b94_c.jpg\" alt=\"Upper Table Rock Trailhead\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48013645933_000d0ca7b8_c.jpg\" alt=\"Mt. McLoughlin\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48019551658_471d91e2ac_c.jpg\" alt=\"View of Lower Table Rock\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48019666887_86d8fa77d8_c.jpg\" alt=\"Turkey vulture\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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 decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" 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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