Natural History Wanderings

Where to photograph in California – Yahoo Group had the following new report for Carson Pass

Meiss Meadows may be as good as I’ve ever seen it. Tho corn-lilies are always common here, there were more than I’ve ever experienced. We did a loop: Carson Pass to Showers Lake return to Carson Pass via xcountry route over Meiss Ridge.

Today we were going to do a larger loop, but got stopped by aforementioned storm. The flowers from Woods to Lake Winnemucca were ‘normal’ good, which means very good, tho less lupine than I remember from past, and far more queen-ann’s lace.  We took a xcountry route up to the saddle at the base of Round Top. Stunning. And the flowers on the saddle were mind-blowing amazing. In addition, thank to the storm, we had fantastic views of thunderheads over Tahoe.

We think we say between 80 – 90 individual species of flowers in just 5 hours today. Magnificent.