May 25, 2013

Riding the Hills

The top of Lake Mountain (above, 9000 feet) is beautiful in mid-May, with a snow-covered Marsh Peak in the background.  The ground is still a bit soggy,
but the grass is green, the aspens are leafing out.
Gull Lake is a sparkling treat for a certain canine member of our group. (Daisy, of course!)
Springbeauty bloom prolifically under the aspen trees, a sure sign that the snow has only recently melted.
An elk herd rumbles through the trees as we approach.  A few pause to look back before melting into the aspen.
A little lower on the trail, Indian paintbrush
 and balsamroot show their colors. 

22 comments:

  1. Oh how beautiful is spring in the mountains.

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  2. OMW Janie, your part of the world, is stunning in the spring. I love the lakes, the blooms and of course, seeing Daisy. Have a great weekend, Jo

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  3. The air is so clear and beautiful and I LOVE the mountain wildflowers!

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  4. After a long winter, don't you just love spring and all of the wildflowers and pretty colors...

    Love your header photo... Gorgeous...

    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  5. Spring is beautiful in your part of our world. I love the wildflowers, but that snow-capped mountain is pretty incredible as well.

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  6. You've shown the breathtaking vistas of the West, Janie. We both live in Paradise! Daisy looks VERY happy.

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  7. This is so much nicer to look at than all that white stuff.

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  8. How wonderful to see the green grass and flowers, springtime is so pretty up there! Daisy sure does look happy in the lake. :)

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  9. A lovely contrast between the snow covered mountain peaks and the colorful spring flowers.

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  10. The lake looks so inviting - clear and clean and sparkling and probably icy cold. Ideal for a Labrador.

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  11. Beautiful, everything looks so fresh and cool.

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  12. Everything is just gorgeous, mountain, flowers and of course the lovely Daisy!

    Thanks for taking us along!

    Jo, Stella and Zkhat

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  13. Janie, your ride into the mts. is grogeous, once again. so enjoy your beautiful horses & dog ... love the touch of spring flowers. The vistas are breathtaking.

    Have a lovely holiday ~
    TTFN ~
    Marydon

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  14. Ah the mountain West and spring wildflowers....:)

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  15. Your mountains are so different from ours. And both are gorgeous. I must admit the snow-covered high mountains give you a bit of an edge. Just lovely.

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  16. Oh my gorgeousness! So much beauty...so glad you are able to get out and soak it up.
    The photo of Daisy on 'alert' is so cute!
    XO

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  17. The snow-capped mountain is gorgeous!

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  18. that was a perfectly lovely day.

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  21. Lovely! our mountain snow is almost gone already! and the wildflowers still puny. We had a decent rain (!) 2 nights ago... I'm still holding out hope for a wave of wildflowers!
    - The Equestrian Vagabond

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