A Little Jeepin' off the main roads.

Dh and Wolfie went up the back side of the massif ( I say this jokingly, since these tiny "mountains" are more hills than massif though they are the roots of what were some very tall mountains in ancient times); anyway, they went up the back side of one of the peaks that shares a ridge with Cowles Mountain.

The waterfall

Upper Portion of the falls, with Graffiti shopped out.  Yay!

Lower portion of the little falls

Afterward we drove up an unimproved road to the trail head, so that I could see the small water fall there.

I took pictures of black sage salvia mellifera , Chamise (fifth down from top at the link) and buckwheat .

I list these in links so that you will know what they really look like after my sort of strangely ethereal snaps.  It was misting the whole time we were on the trail.

Salvia

Chamise Bush

Buckwheat

The wonderful thing about all these plants, plus THIS ONE called California Everlasting (one that I didn't get a picture of) is that they are food for butterflies, hover flies, and bees, amongst other small creatures. This last one also makes Wolfie smell just like maple syrup when he comes home. Yummy!