for astrid
Author: Hashi
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View from the group campground.
field ecology weekend
This was my fifth Field Ecology Weekend, and my fourth as an organiser. I dare to say it was the best one ever. Fifteen different presenters educated we docents on a wide range of topics over several days. A good time was had by all.
for yasi
on a log
A dying tree supports so much life—insects, lichen, fungi, bacteria, reptiles, plants, small mammals. I sat by this log and recorded a few of the organisms I could easily see.
eucalyptus
floral alphabet
On Draw With Me we did some speed dating of flowers, getting through the whole alphabet in about an hour.
for julie
route 66
We spent the last night of the trip in the Mojave Desert town of Barstow, and celebrated my birthday with Mexican food and a beer.
We drove home slowly the next day, doing more exploration en route. We stopped at the Tehachapi Loop but no train was passing at the time. Later we turned into the San Emigdio Mountains, ate a meal at The Perch in Pine Mountain Club, then took the dirt road from Toad Springs Campground down to Hwy 33. We got to our place after dark and Bodie was SO EXCITED to be home.
desert flowers
Word was that the Death Valley superbloom ended in early March, but I was confident there’d still be lots of wildflowers at elevation. There were so many!
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