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Everywhere you go the Leave No Trace bulletins remind you not to pick the flowers. So mostly I pick up rocks. That's also a LNT no-no, but I don't feel so bad about it. Here's some photos of both.
These and avalanche lilies are among the first to bloom in high mountain meadows when the snow melts. They're also my favorite. Mt. Rainier Nat'l Park.
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From Hurricane Ridge in June.
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I'm not sure what this one is called, but the only place I've seen it is in Olympic National Park. Due to its isolation, many of the plants here grow nowhere else in the world.
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On Washington's wilderness coast near Cape Alava.
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These small flowers often fill up large meadows just after the snow melts.
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North Cascades Nat'l Park, Panther Creek Trail. Reece took this one and let me post it. Isn't he an amazing photographer?
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New life springs up in Mt. St. Helens National Monument
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Flowers flourish in the volcanic soil of Mt. St. Helens National Monument.
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Near the headwaters of the Rogue River, Crater Lake Nat'l Park.
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Taken in Olympic National Park, along the Wagonwheel Lake Trail near Staircase.
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Along the Wagonwheel Lake Trail in Olympic National Park
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I love to hike and I love sharing my adventures through pictures. Most of my time is spent exploring the Pacific Northwest, but these past few years I've been able to travel to many of our country's National Parks.
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Comments on This Gallery Page
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Abso....
....lutely beautiful. ;0)
» Posted by
RuthEve
on 7/30/2007 11:21:44 PM.
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