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rozoneill: Cleve does the hiking Happy Dance
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rozoneill: Red Cone looms from about a mile down the trail
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rozoneill: A burned tree still exudes a lot of character and lichen
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rozoneill: A victim of a pine beetle infestation
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rozoneill: The forest was a mix of live and dead trees
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rozoneill: Trees participate in the "trust fall" exercise
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rozoneill: Red Cone was always nearby on this hike
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rozoneill: A dead tree sports equally dead burls
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rozoneill: Cleve hikes through a thin lodgepole forest
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rozoneill: The Pacific Crest Trail goes through a relatively green forest
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rozoneill: A rare patch of forest untouched by either fire or beetle
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rozoneill: We enjoyed hiking in the shade
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rozoneill: The Pacific Crest Trail was mostly level in this section
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rozoneill: And now we enter the burn area from a 2015 fire
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rozoneill: The bleached bones of giants
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rozoneill: Woodpeckers had left their mark
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rozoneill: Low growing grass starts the recovery process
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rozoneill: Like a war zone
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rozoneill: Black was a predominant color here
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rozoneill: Fire-scarred landscape in Crater Lake National Park
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rozoneill: Just a straight shot through the wreckage
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rozoneill: Sedge is busy meadowing up the terrain
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rozoneill: Just a beautiful day for a hike, if a tad bit warm
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rozoneill: The elk and deer must love this meadowed landscape
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rozoneill: Nature's putting green
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rozoneill: Ancestors of a future forest
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rozoneill: Cleve soldiers on
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rozoneill: Pussypaws were prevalent in the ample sunlight
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rozoneill: The morning sun casts at least three shadows
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rozoneill: On my radar is the loop involving Boundary Springs Trail