This weeks trail highs and lows:
- Sitting by the shores of Deep Lake, feeding ants to a small friendly brook trout
- Having a tire pressure gage show up as "low" in the middle of nowhere (handling it like a champ, uh-hem...)
- Getting a creepy feeling then realizing I was being watched by a young doe (who was probably feeling the same)
- Struggling to prevent a toe blister after mis-stepping into a small brook
- Sitting on the warm summit of Juniper Peak with three fantastic friends from home
- Finding comfort in the presence of my four familiar neighbors, Mt. Adams, Mt Hood, Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier, on almost every trail
- Finding meadow Camas!
- Eating fresh mango on a rocky outcropping
- Forgetting I had "The Friendship Song" by Carbon Leaf on my iPod and singing in harmony with the truck, thankfully, as my only critic.
- Hearing a loud "BANG", then stopping, heart pounding and realizing that yes, if a tree falls in the forest...it makes a sound. I was around to hear it.
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| Camas |
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| Tiger Lily |
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| A natural flower pot, for huckleberries |
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| The beautiful meadows of Indian Heaven Wilderness |
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| Jeffery Shooting Star |
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| The outskirts of Lemei Lake |
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| Subalpine Mariposa Lily |
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| Marsh Marigold |
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| The casual trees of the casualties...of winter |
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| And from this angle, Mt. Adams doesn't seem so big! |
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| Deer fly on Sitka Valerian |
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| The ever photographic bear grass |
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| Cresting Juniper Ridge w/ a few friends |
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| Wildflowers near Juniper Peak |
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| Deep Lake, Indian Heaven Wilderness |
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| Fields of Conboy Wildlife Sanctuary |
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| House Wren is home! |
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