Bob and I do a great deal of exploring when we are out hiking. Sometimes this leads to mosquito filled ponds that we vow not to visit again. Sometimes, we create epic routes. I have a spreadsheet where I keep track of our hikes and it is color coded -- purple, green, yellow, red, black. We try to do all the purples every year and mix in the greens. Black is where I put hikes that involve death, and they are never repeated. Recently we did a purple route, with max scenery per mile. It is lovely, and hard, and has lots of cross-country parts, so we minimize our human interactions. Nice, very nice.
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| Bridge's Penstemon |
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| Another penstemon, but I don't know the name of this one. |
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| Western Columbine |
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| Sierra Primrose |
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| This drilled hole provides water to what we think was a spring box. |
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| What we think is an old spring box, a way to keep groceries cool. |
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| Our first sight of Ritter and Banner. |
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| Mt Ritter and Banner Peak |
Are these day hikes? Or are you camping?
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DeleteThe unknown penstemon might be Mountain Pride based on it growing in pockets of granite and its color. Hard to see the foliage though, so I might be wrong.
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