The Wearing of the Orange

Hunting season has begun (only bow hunting so far), making the wildlife wary. All of us, including Daisy, donned hunter orange for our ride north of Strawberry Reservoir last week.

Since our last ride there in July, the predominant pink and blue wildflowers have given way to an abundance of yellow and white, goldeneye and yarrow,

and tall coneflowers.

Cows still graze in the high country, but the ranchers that hold the grazing permit will move their stock to lower altitudes soon.

We rode 16 miles and gained 4200 feet in altitude (1400 m) to see: Strawberry Reservoir to the south,

the Wasatch Range to the west,

and the glory of the high Uintas to the northeast.

We'll try to visit again in September, when the elk bulls bugle their mating call and aspen turn gold.

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