Nebraska National Forest: Soldier Creek Wilderness: Boots and Saddle-Trooper Loop

 Today, Rosie and I headed back up north to the Soldier Creek Wilderness Area just outside of Fort Robinson State Park. This time we would hike the Boots and Saddle/Trooper Trail Loop.

We set out on the Boots and Saddle Trail and crossed over a branch of Soldier Creek several times before heading away from the water and into the grasslands.

We saw some wildflowers in bloom including:

Thermopsis

Pasqueflower

phlox

We traversed along several small canyons 

and eventually made our way to the site of the Officer's Club.

where there were some old concrete foundations.

From there, we climbed up a ridge and then started to make our way back to the trailhead via the Trooper Trail which we had hiked las week.