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rozoneill: And so my hike begins...
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rozoneill: Lawn daisies were strewn all throughout the low grasses
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rozoneill: Newly minted oak leaves enjoyed the warm sunlight
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rozoneill: Common camas was commonly seen along the trail
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rozoneill: Just a beautiful, if warm, day for a hike
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rozoneill: A pine tree reaches for the sunlight
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rozoneill: Sunlight filters through the oak trees
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rozoneill: Nice little pastoral setting along the trail
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rozoneill: Up and over a small rise
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rozoneill: Green grows the grass in spring
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rozoneill: I sure felt the sun in the open areas
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rozoneill: A patch of Hooker's Indian-pink blooms underneath the trees
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rozoneill: Douglas' iris was putting on a show today
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rozoneill: Elegant cat's ear imparted a fuzzy feeling to this hike
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rozoneill: The first part of the hike was on a ranch road
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rozoneill: Flax flowered along the dirt roadway
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rozoneill: Plantain sports a halo of flowers
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rozoneill: Buttercup was common in the damp meadows
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rozoneill: Found a few specimens of changing forget-me-not (Myosotis discolor)
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rozoneill: Chasm Creek flows down in the rampant greenery
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rozoneill: Country road, take me home
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rozoneill: The hills of the North Bank begin here
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rozoneill: Slender woodland star (Lithophragma tenellum)
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rozoneill: Shadows and grass played and cavorted under the oak trees
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rozoneill: Some of that oaken woodland I was hiking through
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rozoneill: Oaks galore
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rozoneill: Oak trees shelter me from the blazing hot sun
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rozoneill: The higher ridges will have to wait for a healthier hip, darn it
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rozoneill: Middle Ridge looms directly in front
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rozoneill: Tree art overhead entertained this art aficionado