common_nature | Flower Walk Part 2

It was quite a steep climb and near the top Olly and I sat down to chat instead of slosh around on in the mud below. Olly is 80 this year and not terribly stable on his feet. I was impressed both with Olly and another older, quite cripple woman who both did the climb quite cheerfully. We all three sat and watched the others as they poked around, looking at the white Meadowfoam, orange Mimulus, yellow goldfields, brownish topped rushes and who know what else.

I didn't get a picture of M, zipping around in the Gator hauling lunch to the lunch site and people back down the hill when they were ready to turn back. In between times M did his own Flower Walk.

After lunch the hardiest of the group charged off up the hill to Split Rock. At least three of them had never been there so we had a good time climbing through the Rock and then seeing the view from the top. This little Dudlia had a good year with all the rain and is intent on escaping out of the crack in the rock. I love the contrast with the brilliant orange lichen on the rock.