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rozoneill: Signs point to a great hike
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rozoneill: The bones of an old giant
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rozoneill: The Sterling Mine Ditch Trail is on the berm of the old ditch
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rozoneill: Hold me up bro, I don't feel well
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rozoneill: Terry sets out on the trail
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rozoneill: We enjoyed a view to snowy Grayback Mountain
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rozoneill: Elegant cat's ear lily easily won Most Profuse Flower of the day
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rozoneill: Hooker's Indian pink made a pale pink splash on the rocky trail
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rozoneill: The historical ditch (left of the trail) was built to facilitate hydraulic mining in the 1800s
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rozoneill: Balsamroot proudly waves the yellow colors
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rozoneill: Elegant cat's ear purrs in the sun
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rozoneill: Fiddlenecks added to the colors found along the trail
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rozoneill: Ookow was also well represented on this hike
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rozoneill: The trees' knees
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rozoneill: Madrones are as smooth as a gentleman's pick-up line
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rozoneill: Balsamroot lights the way
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rozoneill: Drought, heat, and beetles are causing a massive conifer die-off here
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rozoneill: Found this one specimen of the unusually colored mission bell
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rozoneill: As the trail rounded Armstrong Gulch, it was nicely shaded
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rozoneill: Pathway next to the old ditch
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rozoneill: We reveled in the coolness of the forest
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rozoneill: Paintbrush always gets the camera's attention
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rozoneill: Pathway as we started to enter a sunnier and drier clime
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rozoneill: Hello, columbine
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rozoneill: Pathway atop the once and former ditch berm
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rozoneill: You just gotta love that green grass of spring
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rozoneill: A triad of elegant cat's ear flowers
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rozoneill: The trail was shaded by trees of various ilk
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rozoneill: Young maple trees get their start among the dying conifers
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rozoneill: Deep shade as the trail rounded Armstrong Gulch