Thursday, June 5
“Let’s go up the mountain!” I announce to the crew. Bridget and Spike jump out the door of the Best Little Trailer and wait expectantly at the side door of the Perfect Tow Vehicle. I toss them in and soon we leave camp and head up Badger Mountain.
I’d like to see that alpine meadow again. It was beautiful last year in late June.
On the way to the meadow, I let the crew out at a pull-out.
“C’mon. We’ll take a walk here.”
We wander around patches of snow and follow the sound to a creek. Gee, lots of dead trees in this area. Ooh, I smell mint . . . . mixed with fir and spruce . . . nice.
Too much mud here and not very picturesque. We’ll go up to the meadow.
The higher we go, the more snow, of course.
“There it is! There’s the meadow. Look at all the yellow flowers!”
We climb out of the PTV. I hurry ahead so I can take this next photo of the crew’s first look at the meadow since last June.
Kneeling on the ground, I recognize the yellow flowers, having looked at photos of them in my field guide. Yellow columbine! Never seen them before . . .
Tiny white flowers with a faint blush of purple-pink are interspersed with the yellow flowers. Hmm. . . I’ll have to look those up later. Gee, flowers everywhere!
(NOTE: It turns out that I still haven’t seen yellow columbine. Readers corrected me in the comment section. The yellow flowers are called glacier lilies or trout lilies. The tiny white flowers are spring beauties.)
The crew and I walk across the meadow.
The columbine (no, trout lilies or glacier lilies!) grow so thickly together that I watch my every step to avoid crushing them.
If you’ve read my previous posts, you may remember this next scene. There’s a lot more water pouring through the spillway now.
“Let’s go further upstream, Spikey, where you can take a soak. The stream moves too fast for you here.”
I remember these flowers from last year. They like to grow along the creek, anywhere they can keep their “feet” wet.
(NOTE: I’m told these flowers are marsh marigolds.)
Like someone else I know . . . .
“This looks like a good spot, Spike, if you don’t go in where it’s deep. Whatcha think?”
Gosh, that water must be cold! It was snow a short while ago . . . . Poor guy. I hate that damn arthritis!
He seems to be having a great time in spite of it. What a tough guy . . .
The three of us wander around the meadow for a while.
Satisfied I have the photos I need for the blog, I call the crew.
For Bridget, I holler, “C’mon, Bridgey Baby, time to go!” For Spike, I make come-along-now arm movements that he can see from across the meadow.
Together we head back to the PTV.
Once we’re in our seats, I turn around and face Spike and Bridget to tell them what’s next.
“I think we’ll go up to 10,000 feet. All the way up! To SNOW COUNTRY! Great plan, huh, guys? Won’t that be FUN?”
To be continued . . .
rvsue
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