Shotgun Creek is a gated park and when we arrived at 8:45 the gate was locked. The sign on the gate stated that it opened at 9:00 but it did not. Thankfully a very helpful and friendly ranger discovered us waiting at the unopened gate and made it his mission to get us into the park. So after a minor delay, while the ranger worked diligently, we were in the park. First we hiked Drury Ridge which has some nice elevation but not much of a view considering it’s called a ridge trail. Next we did Shotgun Creek where we walked along the creek and also discovered some Ghost Pipe/Plant or Monotropa uniflora (see photo). It was an eventful day, encountering a locked gate and seeing a rare plant! Hikers were Steve Williams, Mary Liepins, Eileen Harder and leader Bev Hassell.
Ghost Pipe plant, Monotropa uniflora
Steve Williams, Mary Liepins, Eileen Harder. Bev Hassell took the photo.
Eileen, Steve, and Mary
