My Everyday Photos

With the long-anticipated forecast of summer weather I wanted to hike to Goat Peak before it gets dusty and dry so I was up early yesterday and go to the trailhead by 8:00. Along the way I saw at least six snowshoe hares and some cows that gave me baleful looks. It was a chilly 55 degrees and misty clouds were being carried along by the mountain breezes. It’s a short hike to the 7000′ elevation lookout – 2 1/2 miles according to the guide book – with 1400′ elevation gain. It’s a tad bit steep for my tastes. I like getting to a prominent point like that but sometimes the walk down is harder on the body than the walk up. My knees ached and my feet hurt when I was done. Luna and I enjoyed the scenery and flowers even if we never got the BIG view.

Goat Creek

Tiger lily

Snowshoe hare

Cows on our public lands

The start of the trail

This way

buttercups

Glacier lilies

Spring beauty. It bloomed down here a couple months ago

Luna on the trail

Glacier lilies

Close to the top

A view of the lookout through the mist

Tiny Western Larch cones

Many trees have snapped in the past six months. This is a recent break.

Lomatium near the lookout

Goat Peak with a bit of blue sky

Watching the mist blow around the valley

Red bug on the side of the lookout

This view changed constantly

Luna kept the chipmunks from stealing our food.

A little bit more of the mountains

The dreaded hug. See http://movethehut.org/index.html for more info

A rock memorial

Luna loves snow

An outhouse with a view

More blue sky

Yellow buttercups and groundsel

Waterleaf. This bloom a couple months ago down here

Lewisia

Lupine and Buckwheat

Long-horned beetle

Forget-me-nots

Forget-me-nots

A stream for cooling off on the way down the mountain

ahhhh.

Scarlet gilia along the road