After my season ended last September, I waited all winter and all spring for a chance to finally begin my season the earliest I had in years!
I was originally planning on going to Harris Creek in mid-June, but I was too occupied with working around the farm, such as putting in a garden, and pulling weeds. But, I finally put my feet down and decided that I wanted to go before a "heat dome" was forecast to move over us, bringing record heat, which would make conditions too hot to go to Harris Creek, which was at a relatively low elevation. So, I chose Thursday, June 24th, just after we had some rain, with things warm but not hot. I reserve hotter weather for higher elevation outings, where it is cooler in the mountains.I was anxious to see if my slide area still had any quicksilt, although we had our driest spring on record, and even if there was any available in March/April after snowmelt, likely things would have long dried out. I also wanted to check for the colony of Mountain Lady Slipper orchids which were growing on the western end of the debris field, in damp silt, although they would had bloomed in mid June, the reason I originally wanted to go at that time but didn't, and would have likely finished by now. I also wanted to check out the "moose" pond (actually a small lake), to see if there was any mud exposed where two streams entered it. I also wanted to check out a trail that had a spring in it, with clay, but also choked with rocks. It had been years, so I wondered if it could have changed for the better at all.
My dad was initially hesitant about taking me when I first asked him the day before, but he finally conceded, and told me that was the last time he would take me to Harris Creek, because it was too far, although he could take me in the fall time during Hunting Season, when he could go off on an atv around the area. But I am leery of going on adventures at that time of year, although I sometimes do.
Heading up Harris Creek Road, I was shocked to see side trails lower down that I used to go down having "Private Property No Trespassing" signs!
It used to be much further back where the private properties were! But, other trails I mainly went on more often in the past, further up, were publicly accessible, so my slide area was safe. 
He took me up Mosquito Lake Road (a turnoff just before the slide area on Harris Creek Road), which was extremely steep, and dropped me off at the entrance to the road that headed eastward and would pass by the north side of the "moose" pond, and I was on my way! I noticed that beside the entrance to the road, was a pile of mashed up culverts, meaning that the road had been deactivated, meaning that the only traffic on that road would be that of the four-legged variety!
I had to get off and walk my bike through each of the ditches that were left by the removed culverts before getting on my bike again. I had looked at Google Earth and then Apple Maps the night before, and determined that a turnoff onto a parallel road to the south would lead to a clearcut that would be even closer to the pond, saving me time! So, after continuing a little ways on the main road first to see if some muddy patches were still by the road, but finding nothing, I headed back and turned onto the other road that headed eastward south of the road I had been on, until it finally ended in the clearcut. Along the way there, I took a picture of an orange and yellow Hawkweeds:I then took off on foot, heading eastward through the debris-covered clearcut, taking a picture of a wild lily:
I remembered the clearcut would become narrower, with me having to head north to pass through it, to get to the rest of the clearcut that would be just to the northwest of the pond. When I reached the southeast corner of the clearcut, I couldn't see any sign of any break in the forest where the pond would be. It seemed as though the pond had vanished!
I headed southward into the forest, looking for the clearing with the pond, but found nothing.
I then came across a small creek in a small gulley, full of ferns and other moisture loving plants, and figured that that stream would lead me to the pond! I noticed that the water was flowing westward, so I headed in that direction. I took pix of the ferns and an orchid with greenish flowers:To Be Continued...
But, I did snack on my lunch (Pizza Pops). Along the way, I had taken a picture of a Shrubby Penstemon:
Perhaps I had the roads confused, and the road/clearcut to the 
I dropped my stuff off at my usual spot in the shadow of some trees to the west, swapped memory cards in my camera, and took photos of the bog, surrounded by my wall of sticks to prevent animals from falling in! I decided to show full-sized 4320 x 3240 photos to really show you a good view of the treacherous mire!