Hite Cove Trail and Wildflowers

With our spring vacation quickly coming to an end, Laura, Ellen (our guest teacher from Germany), my folks and my Auntie Dianne all decided to get out and see some wildflowers. Thanks to several reports from friends who live El Portal and Foresta, we decided to focus our efforts along the South Fork Merced River Canyon via the Hites Cove trail. We were not disappointed. The abundance and variations of flowers was truly stunning, especially since our rains have come so late in the season this year. The poppies would have been the show-stopper, but due to cloudy skies they never really opened-up to their full glory. Needless to say the display should be good for another week or two, as the bloom seemed to be just getting started. We capped-the day off by swinging through Yosemite Valley. Great day!