The weather was gorgeous yesterday. We decided to try to find the elusive China Gardens off of
USFS Road 4612 in the
Siskiyou National Forest. Touchdown! China Gardens is listed as an old mining site but when we got there we discovered what looked like an old homestead. There was evidence of mining, probably by Chinese immigrants, hence the name. Here is what looks like an old barn:
The throne room:
And evidence of mining:
There were majestic
Doug firs surrounding the area. You can see me, barely, to the left of the base of the tree:
This is a marker on one of the Doug firs indicating the presence of an active
red tree vole nest:
Old shakes (Shakes are hand-split, shingles are sawn) covering the barn roof:
The
California Ground Cone (Boschniakia strobilacea) is popping up all over the forest:
We are happy to report that we did not get eaten by a bear. There was fresh bear poop in several locations but we made it out without any canine/bear encounters. Happy Memorial Day!
I love the pictures- I'm inspired to do some weekend hiking now, too!
ReplyDeleteNice find! Looks like it's fairly close to home too. How rough is road 4612?
ReplyDeletethanks for teaching me something new (shakes vs shingles). those fir trees are incredible.
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