It is season for hiking again
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jerrytheplater
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Re: It is season for hiking again
The alpine plants are beautiful. Do you grow any of them George?
Jerry Smith
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
Bloomingdale, NJ
45 inches (114 cm) rain equivalent per year, approx. evenly spread per month
2012 USDA Hardiness Zone 6b: -5F to OF (-20C to -18C) min.
Re: It is season for hiking again
Thank you for sharing, lovely! 
Re: It is season for hiking again
Little extremes from today. The smoke is from forest fires.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: It is season for hiking again
Well, I had grown some of these for several years but have lost plants afterwards.jerrytheplater wrote: ↑Mon Jul 10, 2023 1:05 pm The alpine plants are beautiful. Do you grow any of them George?
So I am trying to see them every when in their habitat. Here is bloom of Sedum lanceolatum at ~2450 m above sea in Rocky Mountains.
And the habitat view as of yesterday.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: It is season for hiking again
Just got back from one of the more epic hikes of my life...... Mt. Whitney! Summited on Friday 8/4/2023.
And of course the trip involved some cacti... There was a fair amount of Opuntia basilaris around Whitney Portal up to about 8500 feet.
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Zac
Butte County, CA, USA
USDA Zone 9b
Mediterranean climate; hot, dry, sunny summers with rainy, moist, mild winters.
Zac
Butte County, CA, USA
USDA Zone 9b
Mediterranean climate; hot, dry, sunny summers with rainy, moist, mild winters.
Re: It is season for hiking again
Wow - you have been up much higher then me. I did it the easy way last weekend, by shoreline. But smoke did not help to save those views.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: It is season for hiking again
In the same lake (upper Kananaskis) there is a brook, starting on this tiny peninsula...
Don't get trapped in the selfy-zone!
Lake Louse after the rain.
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: It is season for hiking again
It was a perfect cloudy day for hiking and photos.
"Cactus to clouds" trail.
Easily found the cactus.
Just a couple of those blooming, most was with buds that day.
It is not easy to be alive.
Clouds looked far away to me so I turned then back to the city life.
Almost a Facebook story, ha?
"Cactus to clouds" trail.
Easily found the cactus.
Just a couple of those blooming, most was with buds that day.
It is not easy to be alive.
Clouds looked far away to me so I turned then back to the city life.
Almost a Facebook story, ha?
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
Re: It is season for hiking again
Palm Springs, CA.
Forgot about the bugs' party-zone...
If your cacti mess in your job just forget about the job.
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8
°C = (°F - 32)/1.8