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With an additional four people hiking along, the wildlife viewing wasn't as exciting as the previous trip of about 3 weeks ago.  So I focused on the flowers, which were abundant, fragrant, and mostly at their peak of prettiness.

So, here are some of the flowers seen.  Your viewing may vary.

Silene scouleri, Scouler's catchfly.

Penstemon deustus, hot rock penstemon.

Anemone piperi, Piper's anemone.

Ribes viscosissimum, sticky current.

Castilleja miniata, giant red paintbrush.

Eriophyllum lanatum, Oregon sunshine.

Ceanothus sanguineus, redstem ceanothus.

Collomia linearis, narrow-leaved collomia or tiny trumpet.

Allium fibrillum, fringed onion.

Wyethia amplexicaulis, mule's ears

Ranunculus uncinatus, small-flowered buttercup.

Fragaria vesca, woodland strawberry.

Physocarpus malvaceus, ninebark.

Clarkia pulchella, elkhorn, pink fairies, deer horn, ragged robin.

Lupinus sulphureus, sulfur lupine.

Balsamorhiza incana, hoary balsamroot.

Clintonia uniflora, queen's cup beadlily.

Ageratina occidentalis, Western boneset, or Western eupatorium.

Sedum lanceolatum, stonecrop.

Triteleia grandiflora, large-flowered triteleia, Douglas's brodiaea, brodiaea.

Cypripedium montanum, mountain lady's-slipper.  Seen on the hike to the Spring Mountain climbiing wall.

The usual suspects.

Susie the Dog makes it across North Meacham Creek, twice!

The usual suspects with masks.

Hell Hole roadless area, looking up Hoskins Creek.

And a quote by Ebenezer Bryce, reworked by Edward Abbey and taken out of context by me, if I remember correctly, "Hell of a place to lose a cow.  Hell of a place to lose your heart.  Hell of a place to lose.  Period."