openspacer:
Hiking through blue oak woodland on the Orestimba Creek trail
openspacer:
Flower-filled, green meadows
openspacer:
Lupinus sp. LUPINE and Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum, GOLDEN-YARROW, YELLOW-YARROW
openspacer:
Eschscholzia californica CALIFORNIA POPPY and *Vicia villosa ssp. varia, HAIRY VETCH, WINTER VETCH
openspacer:
Triteleia laxa, ITHURIEL'S SPEAR
openspacer:
lots of creek crossings
openspacer:
Another Orestimba Creek crossing
openspacer:
Another Orestimba Creek crossing
openspacer:
Approaching the confluence of Red and Orestimba Creeks
openspacer:
Red Creek next to our campsite
openspacer:
First night's dinner, Red Creek camp.
openspacer:
Annette boiling water for dinner
openspacer:
Enjoying dinner conversation
openspacer:
Dennis with his new pack and tent
openspacer:
Hordeum brachyantherum ssp. californicum, CALIFORNIA BARLEY
openspacer:
Rippley rush reflections
openspacer:
Calystegia purpurata ssp. purpurata, PURPLISH MORNING GLORY
openspacer:
Euphydryas chalcedona, CHALCEDON CHECKERSPOT.
openspacer:
Looking down at Annette's tent in Red Creek camp
openspacer:
Malacothamnus fasiculatus, CHAPARRAL MALLOW.
openspacer:
Dennis brought a gravity water filter system
openspacer:
We spent our layover day hiking along Red Creek
openspacer:
Perideridea californica, CALIFORNIA YAMPAH
openspacer:
Mud nest of cliff swallow
openspacer:
Group hiking along Red Creek.
openspacer:
Group hiking along Red Creek.
openspacer:
Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (S. mexicana), BLUE ELDERBERRY
openspacer:
Junonia coenia, COMMON BUCKEYE
openspacer:
Papilio eurymedon, PALE SWALLOWTAIL
openspacer:
Papilio eurymedon, PALE SWALLOWTAIL
