Well, what do you do when your dog has her sixth birthday? Get some friends and go for a hike! If you’d ask Sky, she probably would have voted for a lake but it was Saturday and the lakes were busy.
It was a new trail for us and we were all impressed with the flowers, the views, the pollinators and the huckleberries. It’s one we will do again.
Lots of pollinators on this cow parsnip flower
Blue gentian
Grass of Parnassus
The views!
The flowers!
Who uses this burrow? It looked active with a trail going to the creek and another going across the hillside, both starting at the burrow. It was about twelve inches wide and maybe eight inches high.
Pink monkeyflower
Columbine
Dignified?
Anemone seedheads
more gentian
Red willowherb, similar to fireweed
I’m not sure what brought that on
Lots of huckleberries
Sky picked her own berries
I think this is monkshood, Aconitum columbianum.
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Beautiful pictures. Where was the hike? Thank you. Gene
Off of Highway 20.
What a gorgeous view!Happy Birthday to Sk.
Thanks Teri for all that beauty.
Thank you Patty!