The winter of 2007/08 was a pretty wet one in our state. We had a great snow pack in the mountains that led to full reservoirs in the spring. I don't think the snow left the tops of the mountains until near the end of July. For the 4th of July we went for a camping trip into the tops of the rugged mountain ranges that surround our home. On one of those days we decided to do a little "geo caching". This was the first time I had heard of this activity or participated in it. My nephew was the one who knew all about it. He said there were a couple of sites close by that he had looked up and wanted to check out. I guess you load the co-ordinates into your gps unit. Then using your unit you search for the "cache". This isn't some great treasure. One was a paper that we added our names to, another was a small plastic container that had some childrens trinkets in it. We signed our names, took a trinket out for each of the children and then added a new trinket for each we had removed. It was an interesting spin on treasure hunting. I quite enjoyed myself.
This is the group at the first "cache"
Because of the heavy snow pack that year Spring was just beginning up in the alpine meadows. The views were breathtaking. Everywhere we looked the mountain was a wash with color from the myriad of flowers that were in bloom. As we came out on top of the mountain we were greeted by this spectacular view of a mountain meadow. Not only was it covered with flowers it was like stepping onto a bog, there was so much water.
"A wild geranium"
I'm not sure what these flowers are called but they were everywhere and gave a lovely purple cast to the meadow
The columbine were especially lovely
These delicate "tulip like" flowers were blooming right under the snow cap.
We happened across a buck in velvet, who was obviously accustomed to the traffic of humans
We had a fun day in the great out of doors discovering many "treasures"
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6 comments:
I love that idea of the treasure hunting!! that sounds like so much fun!!! that buck is spectacular!!! all these pics are so amazing!!
such beautiful pictures, the flowers are amazing. p.s I love the header picture of the shire.
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How very, very lovely! Those wild flowers and the buck and all the rest rolled into a delightful adventure -- now that's real treasure. : D
Oh what a charming trip it seems to have been and all for a little geo-caching. I guess the whole point is that we find treasures everywhere, we just need to stop and look.
Sounds like a great adventure!
Ooh, I love the flower photos! And that deer! Good for you. I used to have so much fun geocaching and now don't have the time . . . .
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