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setting off from the trailhead
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Heading down
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Ceanothus cuneatus, BUCKBRUSH
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burned forested area covered with lupines
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large burned pine with bark peeling off in patches
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A bright yellow slime mold
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Calyptridium monospermum, PUSSYPAWS
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Collinsia tinctoria, TINCTURE PLANT/WHITE CHINESE HOUSES
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We followed a higher route than usual
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Limenitis lorquini, LORQUIN'S ADMIRAL
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View south towards Cherry Lake
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Trichodes ornatus, COMMON CHECKERED CLERID on woolly sunflower.
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Mimulus layneae, LAYNE'S MONKEYFLOWER
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Mimulus layneae, LAYNE'S MONKEYFLOWER
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Lupinus stiversii, HARLEQUIN LUPINE
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Lupinus stiversii, HARLEQUIN LUPINE
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Collinsia parviflora, BLUE-EYED MARY
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Dennis heading up towards the notch
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Crossing the contact between granite and metamorphic rock
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Lupine surrounded by hailstones.
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Deep, calm section of Cherry Creek
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The going was rough in the forest
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The wet granite was slick
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Patches of glacial polish were especially slick.
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Challenging crossing on slick granite
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Another nice calm, green section of Cherry Creek
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Most of our group - Diane, Chris, Carol, Jim, Paul and Bruce.
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A huge old-growth sugar pine has died
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Jim, Chris and Bruce wait for the rest of us to catch up.
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erecting the tarps
