About this time last year I overnight backpacked in Badger Creek Wilderness. I saw (and heard) a rattlesnake, so it was an exciting and memorable trip.
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This year's trip I covered many more miles, but things were more tame. No major highlights, other than deep blue skies. The kind you don't get to see on the west side of the Cascades. I didn't quite make it all the way to Badger Creek Lake, but it was a full day nonetheless.
A battered Woods' Rose?
Spotted Coralroot
Silvery Blue Butterflies (I think) - love watching them flitting around the pools
I keep finding Calypso orchids. Not a bad thing.
Lupine line.
Phacelia of some sort. They are strange plants. Not the most spectacular, but ever since one turned up in my garden (from seed), I'm excited to see one in the wild.
Some sort of shroom.
Orange Trumpet Honeysuckle
Queen-cup Lilly
Headed back to camp...
My happy place.
