http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html Join us and our friends, Kathi and Dean, on these two beautiful hikes. Crested Butte holds a Wildflower Festival this time of year and we came in just ahead of the crowds. This was a literal treasure hunt and we’ll see wildflowers that were familiar and some we had to work to identify. We’ll hike to about 11,000 feet, so bring your poles, lots of water and a good lunch. We’ll take frequent rests to examine these botanical treasures. http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#0 f7496b23-0e71-4d13-ad84-c19b84e0a40b http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7671.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7671.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">On the way  to Crested Butte.  It’s tough to keep ones eyes on the road</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#1 7b087660-3496-46c8-afdf-807655040654 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7672.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7672.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#2 ce8d0e5d-8c69-4532-94aa-af9ddd5d8ca4 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7680.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7680.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">We drive by fields of lupine on our way to the trailhead...</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#3 20564def-2fc9-4d98-a44e-9337001b2f99 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7689.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7689.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">...and cross this little stream in Dean’s 4Runner.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#4 cc0ff18a-86ef-4f93-aab5-60991eca9baa http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7762.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7762.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Poles?  Lunch? Water? Wildflower reference book?  Let’s go!</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#5 529200c5-cb4d-4cba-8689-e1ed095960d5 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7691.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7691.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Chiming Bells a relative to common bluebells</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#6 f89a3705-bdb2-4d3a-9e1f-a4cbd785e445 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7692.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7692.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Nelson’s Larkspur</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#7 4b287fc4-5876-4605-bbf3-efe2a7f4234d http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7695.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7695.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Richardson’s geranium</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#8 6039534a-7f9a-42e6-88c1-93cae0624525 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7696.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7696.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Lousewort</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#9 52afe3dc-c556-42a8-9ddc-522ca453cacc http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7697.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7697.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Blue Flax</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#10 c8f0c094-4575-4f50-9f7d-7c1ff1cad4aa http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7698.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7698.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Monkey flower</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#11 5d84e0f9-8843-4d47-a031-6b89f40b0049 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7703.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7703.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Paint brush</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#12 27bb1fc0-fc1a-46b0-b60b-b69102a85a42 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7706.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7706.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#13 c087b549-05e0-4f93-9150-7f1a8ecbce02 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7709.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7709.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">King’s Crown</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#14 ebda9c90-b5b1-411b-b673-c9666a672f7d http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7711.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7711.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Wood Columbine</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#15 b3f948b8-89de-4311-9679-9a776d5f68f6 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7715.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7715.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Glacier Lily</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#16 7cbe0502-810b-43db-b7ef-269944d679db http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7720.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7720.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Columbine</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#17 bf6286dd-bca1-40df-ba23-60b0da9c5ebd http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7724.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7724.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Elephant heads</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#18 cd738ecf-df0a-4cea-9456-e1acb6a8c004 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7726.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7726.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Owl Clover/paint brush</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#19 2a01aed6-46c5-4886-be8e-2dcddb46570a http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7723.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7723.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">We’ve crossed a few easy streams to this point.  This one is much more of a challenge.  Wobbly rocks and slippery logs and very cold water.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#20 d8f9d81e-729e-4b5d-b0e8-2bd78e7164ca http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7736.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7736.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Monument plant...in the gentian family...I know, it’s hard to believe.  Look it up!</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#21 a277e003-3eb3-4523-89ad-3074e537e391 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7740_2.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7740_2.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">See the yellow bloom not far away?  It’s a field of glacier lilies.  As soon as the snow recedes, they’re ready to blossom.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#22 28a2d71b-58af-4c71-ae5e-43f69e9eaa9a http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7741.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7741.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#23 c0083c2c-0120-4d7f-bb9e-9f3ac7548aea http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7742.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7742.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">We’re just above the tree line. We’ll sit and enjoy lunch in a moment.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#24 75d0e7fb-b462-4421-8a48-06d476fa8c3d http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7743.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7743.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Death camas</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#25 551f1597-e9ce-407c-9e02-f4e7257bb097 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7750.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7750.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Storms start to brew every day around noon.  It’s time to retreat and return to the trailhead.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#26 8f5bf776-f8fd-4a75-9173-350b7ead805b http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7757.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7757.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">That stream again...this time we’ve decided to just walk across in the deepest part just like these two hikers.  </p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#27 e705e2cd-edef-4b09-8f2e-006ee2ec2ba4 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7761.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7761.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Almost back to the trailhead.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#28 86cfc27a-8608-4386-b3bd-62538870449d http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7766.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7766.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">On our way out, we’re chased by mountain bikers.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#29 65ce7a5c-a865-46cc-ae34-bdea4fd61fcb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7768.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7768.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Next day, next hike.  This will take us to Beckwith Pass.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#30 0e474fc9-95ae-4ff8-9755-15d893db0c5e http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7769.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7769.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Rayless coneflower</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#31 d83d6740-013d-48f1-9806-553654b8193b http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7770.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7770.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">This one had us mystified.  Neither Kathi nor I had ever seen it before.  Looks like a corydalis, but it’s about 4 feet tall.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#32 1f3c34ae-a907-4c2c-8832-bb8f41b4fb74 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7776.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7776.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Jacob’s Ladder/polymonium</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#33 ad659616-4ae9-403e-bfdd-0760a8d1f107 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7773.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7773.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Flax</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#34 4c4d13bc-5849-4ea5-b3ef-a847a462870a http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7779.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7779.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#35 17ecc030-23fb-4d8e-878a-909d22f24112 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7781.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7781.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Scarlet Gilia and flax</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#36 2eb78312-7fbe-412f-859a-a53920194248 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7782.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7782.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Mule’s ear daisy and flax</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#37 6025f7cc-01ac-467c-8efe-c8406133d4ee http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7787.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7787.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">We came upon a botanist studying Jacob’s Ladder.  Some have anthers; some don’t.  Why is that?</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#38 316de261-1016-48b5-b866-5ca81bb643c7 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7789.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7789.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Looking back is often a good idea.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#39 7d2eb1cd-b9f2-4eca-b1d6-7fde80cea2ad http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7796.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7796.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#40 bf4808b3-cef4-4a74-8ca8-382ac842e07b http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7798.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7798.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Scarlet Gilia</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#41 bbcad374-16f5-4b5e-b9e8-18b19342c3c7 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7801.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7801.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Lupines</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#42 0be36c58-6637-4cb2-8a9f-e1b0f1f4ed08 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7802.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7802.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">We met hikers from Illinois who had their dog toting his own supplies.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#43 b38fb4ef-0693-41c6-ac47-1a2c3cce52e0 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7804.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7804.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Fritillary on a Mule’s ear daisy.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#44 0c82a7f0-bb03-430e-a6ce-000b550743c2 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7808.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7808.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Whipple’s Penstemon</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#45 4e2f72d2-e6d7-4372-b717-5dce3d06e12e http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7807.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7807.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#46 5048322c-240f-4e71-a7fe-1ac7c24a6edc http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7815.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7815.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">We’re approaching the pass</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#47 ae3af8be-5bfe-41dd-baff-40c325e401c0 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7814.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7814.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#48 70cd2475-c60c-4cc7-a326-584c2cc6123a http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7819.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7819.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Fields of flax greet us at the saddle.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#49 8045da90-772a-487b-954d-97a6a0c86e46 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7820.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7820.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Is there any better place to have lunch?</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#50 9e5892ee-940b-45b0-8260-e35c6cb14722 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7822.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7822.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">And right on schedule, storm clouds start to develop.  Better get back to the trailhead.</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#51 0a187569-7218-453b-82cd-6af5a17eb522 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7827.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7827.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#52 518d722d-db0e-470d-b876-0f047fe25482 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7829.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7829.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#53 cd08b593-5069-41f3-ac1d-0d34eefee78a http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7833.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7833.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">White paintbrush</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#54 648e0348-e1f7-428f-9591-5d72728abb3c http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7832_2.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7832_2.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Just about back.  I hope you enjoyed your high altitude hike!</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike.html#55 18fb27bf-2bea-4183-bf99-ac09ea2cf558 http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7831.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/artbydawn/DS_Fine_Art/Take_a_Hike_files/Media/IMG_7831.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_300_93"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Once back at the condo, Dean and I scour the internet until we find that our mystery plant is indeed Corydalis caseana, or “Fitwort”.  Somewhat rare, it’s uniquely found in Gunnison County.</p></div></div>