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rozoneill: Beetles make more beetles on an agoseris
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rozoneill: The North Umpqua Trail, post Archie Creek Fire
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rozoneill: Douglas' iris thrived in the open sunlight
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rozoneill: The North Umpqua River looks tempting on a hot day
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rozoneill: The river flows past natural and manmade features alike
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rozoneill: Still too cold to safely swim in, though
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rozoneill: Trail through the burgeoning vegetation
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rozoneill: The once majestic forest
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rozoneill: Scotch broom was going at it
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rozoneill: The North Umpqua River, at Deadline Falls
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rozoneill: The scars of the Archie Creek Fire were eminently visible
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rozoneill: Where there used to be shade, there is now bright sun and blue sky
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rozoneill: Dead trees all round for roughly the next 30 miles of trail
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rozoneill: Straight up view
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rozoneill: Woodland phlox colorizes the trail
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rozoneill: A literal boardwalk over a small seep
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rozoneill: Inside-out flower does an upside-down inside-out dangle
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rozoneill: Iris was a thing in the bright sunlight
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rozoneill: The trail disappears into the grassy vegetation
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rozoneill: The North Umpqua Trail ambles through the burned forest
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rozoneill: Sun-loving bracken fern flanked the trail
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rozoneill: English daisy was a common sight right next to the trail
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rozoneill: Trail, slicing through a whole bunch of bracken fern
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rozoneill: Candy flower close-up
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rozoneill: Seed heads, already dried out even though it's still spring
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rozoneill: Seed head, centered
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rozoneill: Up and over a small rise I go
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rozoneill: Miles and miles of dead trees, thanks to the fire
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rozoneill: The trail drops down to the river's edge
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rozoneill: Western starflower was fairly profuse on this day