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Starting up the Kearsarge Pass trail.
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Calochortus bruneaunis, BRUNEAU MARIPOSA LILY.
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BRUNEAU MARIPOSA LILY with 4 petals instead of 3.
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Calochortus bruneaunis, BRUNEAU MARIPOSA LILY, and Eriogonum umbellatum, SULFUR FLOWER
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Independence Peak seen from Kearsarge Pass Trail.
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Amelanchier alnifolia, WESTERN SERVICE BERRY?
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Apocynum androsaemifolium, BITTER DOGBANE
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Chrysolepis sempervirens, BUSH CHINQUAPIN.
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Penstemon rostiflorus, SCARLET PENSTEMON
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Young Marmota flaviventris, YELLOW-BELLIED MARMOT
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Little Pothole lake
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Rhododendron columbianum, LABRADOR TEA.
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Angelica lineariloba, POISON ANGELICA
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Blue butterfly, unidentified.
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Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana, LODGEPOLE PINE.
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Upside down double rainbow with no rain in sight.
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One end of the rainbow above Little Pothole lake.
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Tamiasciurus douglasii, DOUGLAS SQUIRREL/ CHICKAREE.
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Castilleja applegatei, APPLEGATE'S PAINTBRUSH
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Cooling my feet
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Helenium bigelovii, SNEEZEWEED
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Helenium bigelovii, SNEEZEWEED
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Castilleja applegatei, APPLEGATE'S PAINTBRUSH
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Lilium kelleyanum, SIERRA LILY
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View down towards the Kearsarge Pass trailhead parking
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Annette descending the Kearsarge Pass Trail.
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Arctostaphylos patula, GREENLEAF MANZANITA.
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Diane in her usual hiking outfit
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Pinus balfouriana , FOXTAIL PINE
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Pinus balfouriana , FOXTAIL PINE