The cactus were blooming and there were other signs of Spring.
In the morning I tried ascending the hill but the snow was thick on the road.
Off the pavement all was gumbo. I found a shoulder that enabled me to keep an eye on the valley below and....
above.
Around 2:00 p.m. I tried again. It had lifted some and I think I attained the crest, but the snow was coming down so hard I turned tail. The photo below was taken several hundred feet lower in elevation.
I camped somewhere near Bluff.
i love it all, snow and all, thank you for looking at flowers :)
ReplyDeleteThe first one looks like a douglasia, it's bigger then mine. it is in the primrose family i suspect.
ReplyDeleteIt is a phlox.
ReplyDeleteIs the cactus a prickly pear
i wish i was there :)
Thank you for identifying the phlox. Yes, it is a prickly pear....at least I THINK so. When are you coming to visit?!!!
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