Horse and Cow Meadow 2021 7/22/21

A short jaunt to Horse and Cow Meadow for our yearly check-in with the lupine. The dry year meant that the flowers came and went early, but we were able to see many in their last throes of color.
Herring Creek camp suffered some serious damage from January's Mono Wind event. I doubt unhealthy trees from years of drought helped.
Herring Creek camp suffered some serious damage from January's Mono Wind event. I doubt unhealthy trees from years of drought helped.
No one was here in January when the storm happened, but I imagine anyone taking a break in here at the time would have gotten a little extra out of their…
Tamarack Fire near Markleeville .
Hittin' the trail with a cranky kid.
Lunch needed to happen quickly to satisfy the beast.
Yum.
Frittilary!
Frittilary!
Corn lilies flowering.
Corn lilies with grandma and Z for scale.
Blushing monkeyflower
Yankee doodle.
Grandma and her happy-place lupine.
Lady bugs making more ladybugs.
Volcanic Breccia
We got Z to squeeze out a smile on the trail.
Happy under a ver large fallen tree.
More lupine and mint!
Lupine and mint

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