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rozoneill: Found some early blooming wild ginger flowers
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rozoneill: One of the weirdest flowers ever
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rozoneill: Tiny beetles pollinate a trillium flower
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rozoneill: A mossy rock accumulates a layer of dead leaves
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rozoneill: Granddaughter Coral Rae was my hiking companion
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rozoneill: The Jessie Segment has seen several fires in the last several years
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rozoneill: View down to the North Umpqua River
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rozoneill: A stand of trees, killed by last year's Jack Fire
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rozoneill: A lone bird's nest fungus in the forest duff
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rozoneill: I'd never seen a double-flowered trillium before
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rozoneill: A crab spider claims this trillium as its own
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rozoneill: Near perfection in a flower
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rozoneill: Hound's tongue was s common sight
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rozoneill: Trail through a singed forest
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rozoneill: It was a steep drop down to the North Umpqua
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rozoneill: The river flows well below the trail
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rozoneill: Hall's desert parsley bloomed in the open sunny slopes
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rozoneill: View to the burned scenery to the west
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rozoneill: Coral Rae explores a large cave
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rozoneill: A large patch of fawn lily graced the trail
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rozoneill: Fawn lily, in plural
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rozoneill: Yes, spring has arrived!
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rozoneill: The river courses at the bottom of its canyon
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rozoneill: Rapids and rocks on a chill morn
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rozoneill: Occasionally, the trail dropped down to river level
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rozoneill: The river continues its journey at the bottom of its canyon
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rozoneill: Crystal clear and icy cold
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rozoneill: River rapids in the morning light
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rozoneill: This hike rapidly turned into an informal river appreciation day
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rozoneill: One of the trillium hordes