July 23, 2008: Silver Star Mountain (Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington)

This trip is proof that crappy weather makes for some of the best wildflower photos.
pussy-toes
tiger lilies
fireweed, budding
trail through wildflowers
woodland beardtongue (turtle-head)
woodland beardtongue (turtle-head)
paintbrush
lovage
scarlet columbine & golden pea
Cardwell's penstemon
Nootka rose
Star Creek Valley
harebells
Western sweet-vetch
nodding onion
Columbia lewisia
wildflowers
wildflowers
rufous hummingbird
bead lily
paintbrush, lupines, & golden pea
Oregon iris
wildflowers
wildflowers & mist
rocky crags
serviceberries
alpine penny-cress
coiled-beak lousewort
feathery false solomon's seal
rocky crags
SItka valerian
SItka valerian
Sitka mountain-ash, budding
huckleberries
Sitka valerian
wallflower
Western bistort
bleeding hearts
elderberry, going to seed
Douglas' maple leaves
Oregon stonecrop
Oregon stonecrop
lupine close-up
lupines
wildflowers
rock arch
rock arch
rock arch
maidenhair fern
maidenhair fern
subalpine fleabane
alpine alumroot
salmonberry flower
dwarf bramble
trillium
alpine alumroot
Columbia lewisia
cliff penstemon
Western sweet-vetch
subalpine mariposa lily
Oregon sunshine
tiger lily
Oregon sunshine
larkspur
explorer's gentian, budding
beargrass
orange jelly cone fungus
trail toward the summit
avalanche lilies, sprouting
avalanche lilies
wildflowers
wildflowers
harebells
Columbia lewisia
Cascade penstemon
wildflowers
wildflowers
Douglas' catchfly
explorer's gentian, budding
explorer's gentian, budding
harebells
pioneer violet (stream violet)
avalanche lily
avalanche lily
lupines
Western sweet-vetch
Nootka rose
subalpine fleabane
scarlet columbine
paintbrush
wildflowers
wildflowers
tiger lilies
subalpine spiraea
wildflowers
wildflowers
Cascade penstemon
thimbleberry
scarlet columbine
fireweed

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