we had such a great trip - i really needed a recharge..JPG)
An Orchid - C. Maculata? seems more yellow & with a wider lip?.JPG)
We had to get out of the dusty, dry, smokey place that Flagstaff is at the end of just about every June. Off to Eastern AZ we went - it was sweeeeet..JPG)
our friends Sam & Christie went with us - thanks for the good times!
I don't know what these are, but they are awesome. I wish i got to see one bloom. Planteo? any clue?
Denise was rockin' the trout fishing. I caught more, but she consistently got some fat little football fish, and the biggest ones.
a bow width one from Moi. Nice cooking size. unfortunately for them, they are delicious.........
Damn beautiful forest out there. camp was at 9,000ft.
A fat pondorosa Pine in camp.
My 1st Apache Trout!!!!! - A species native to only the clear streams of E-AZ. golden-bronze with tiny spots & orange fins. our state fish, and a beautiful one at that.
In the middle of this field of wild Iris we spotted this grove of albino ones. Sublime.
A standard purple one........
And an albino. stunning.
High, Lonesome range. I love Alpine meadows. it rained every afternoon but one. *perfect.*
tons of elk & deer.
Mt. Baldy, AZ's 2nd highest peak.
They have rivers!!!!! Lots of them!
Wolves. too..JPG)
Sally pointing out some Penstemmon Barbatus ready to pop. "scarlet buglers"
Lush! Deer's ears & Bracken.
A beautiful detail pic of one of the thousands of flowers..JPG)
remember what a moist trail looks like?
Orange Sneezeweed.
THe clouds were rockin'. I kept waiting for this storm to start swirling.
Denise continues her hot streak. nice one!
and another.........
check out this multi-miles high Anvil Cloud. Impressive.
I did a really, really hard trail to one of the wild rivers. six miles of bliss/suffering/rippin'.
getting sneaky on another river.
Our little crew minus Sally sleeping..JPG)
down, down, down to the Rio.
It looks kinda sketchy over that way....
Apache trout & wild Browns - oh yeah.
it's very, very steep from that trail sign down there.
Rockin'.
Sendero muy Sabroso.
Daisy....
going deep - nice one!- Back to work - taylor's bike is outta here, pics later, Marzoff's on the table - Garro.
8 comments:
Nice Steve! Sorry we didn't cross paths. My brother-in-law and I stayed at Diamond Rock C.G. (site 11) for two nights. We fished Big Lake with moderate success (not like you pros). I caught two decent sized trout, a cutthroat and a rainbow (I think). My brother-in-law caught a nice sized brook (I think). I had a lot of hits on day two but none on the hook. We were using worms.
Ate elk burgers at the Bush Valley Cafe in Alpine and spotted a Mexican gray wolf near Toboggan hill! Very cool!
I'll head to Flagstaff after the 4th. Looking forward to it.
Thanks for a great weekend!! We had so much fun. Nice pictures.
Thanks for an awesome weekend! Nice pictures. Can't wait to go back.
Awesome. Seriously awesome.
Nice Steve - just like you said! Can't wait to go there and enjoy the beautiful scenery with you guys. Joe (bro)
it's a "corn lily." small flowers on a stalk. apparently it's gnar... teratogen etc. i've alway's considered it nature's mountain $$$! watch out, W.S. Burrough's "Spare Ass Annie" comes to mind.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veratrum_californicum
pretty common in meadows of the Sierra NV. awesome to see them in SE AZ! don't eat em.
nice post, steve.
Your pictures are fantastic...missin AZ.
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