And we will certainly feel the cooling spray from the waterfall on a hot afternoon:
Stroll up the trail that leads to through the canyon. Beware the deadly poisonous (but oh, so lovely) Baneberry (Actaea rubra):
Enjoy a small handful of tasty (but tiny) Grouse Whortleberry fruits (Vaccinium scoparium):
Admire the delicate symmetry of a Twinflower (Linnaea borealis):
And a Twinberry (Lonicera utahensis; no relation to the above)
The elegance of a Showy Fleabane bloom (Erigeron speciosus):
And the nodding flowers of Pink Pyrola (Pyrola asarifolia):
All too soon, we hiked back down to the campground, made a dinner of grilled antelope sausages and fresh corn, and called it a day.
9 comments:
I never eat berries in the wild for fear I'll accidentally get one of the deadly variety. Well, except for obvious ones like blackberries.
ER: That is a neat place with a great waterfall for a hot day.
With the exception of big horn sheep, I never heard of anything in your post. Too much city in this boy. Would love to try antelope sausage.
All are awesome!
Looks like a beautiful vacation spot. Great waterfall.
Re: our horses and dog getting along. The white horse tolerates Daisy, but Steve's dun horse seems to genuinely like her. From the Daisy was a pup, they've touched noses in a friendly way.
I agree with everyone.. It looks absolutely gorgeous. One of these days we'll have to come up that way for a vacation. It looks to beautiful not to add to the bucket list!
Antelope sausage! I'm not even sure I've ever heard of it. I have had venison sausage and it's quite tasty.
Your adventures are such a joy to follow, ER.
:)
Was wondering how far the trail goes? We hiked 5 hours up there today...was hoping to find a lake...really cool log cabin ruins from decades ago!
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