July 3 - attempted hike to rhododendron

The original plan was to drive to the end of Nadu Road, follow the old road through the town site to the pier and hopefully see the huge Rhododendron in bloom.  Sounded like a good plan. 
However, the plan was interrupted.  There is a very old "roadway" that can be picked out on this hike, but it is unmarked and overgrown. Hard to believe there used to be a road, a bridge, and a peat moss factory.  the road is completely overgrown with mosses and the elder are starting to grow in, although, I suppose there is only a little soil on the roadway - so it is easy to follow if you know what to look for.  Lots of old abandoned relics of the former town site - some old trucks, a "reservoir?? and I understand the mating grounds of the sandhill crane.  Just past the reservoit, it became very dense and some unidentified sounds were heard nearby. Not sure what it was - a bear? a tree creaking? a pteradactyl?  Not wanting to stick around and find out, I turned tail and started back out along the same path that we took in, regrettably and missed out on the rhodo - perhaps there will be another time. in the meantime - I think I will read up on the Sandhill Crane.

http://www.northwestwildlife.com/articles/Sandhill_Crane.pdf