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Snow in mid-May!
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We were going to backpack, but decided against it.
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We didn't want to hike through this!
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Leaving the Cherry Creek trailhead.
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Cherry Lake
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Ceanothus integerrrimus, DEERBRUSH
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Cornus nuttallii, MOUNTAIN DOGWOOD
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Cornus nuttallii, MOUNTAIN DOGWOOD
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Ceanothus integerrrimus, DEERBRUSH,
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Sarcodes sanguinea, SNOW PLANT
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Sarcodes sanguinea, SNOW PLANT
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Plant already gone to seed
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Cherry Creek inlet
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We tried to find an easy way to hike down to Cherry Lake
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View towards the inlet from the shore
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Manzanita skeleton
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Cheilanthes gracilima, LACE LIP-FERN
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Phacelia egena, LOW PHACELIA.
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Fresh bear scat, full of manzanita berries
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Logged area with Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum, WESTERN WALLFLOWER
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Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum, WESTERN WALLFLOWER
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Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum, WESTERN WALLFLOWER
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Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum, WESTERN WALLFLOWER
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Erysimum capitatum ssp. capitatum, WESTERN WALLFLOWER
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Diane and Cornus nuttallii, MOUNTAIN DOGWOOD
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Cornus nuttallii, MOUNTAIN DOGWOOD.
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Cornus nuttallii, MOUNTAIN DOGWOOD.
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Cornus nuttallii, MOUNTAIN DOGWOOD.
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Lotus oblongifolius var. oblongifolius, MEADOW LOTUS
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Ribes nevadense, SIERRA CURRANT