Flora and Fauna on the Trail

The last blog entry about this leg is primarily just to share with you some pictures of wildlife.

Vanilla Leaf

From a animal standpoint, we scared an elk who bounded off not more than 100 feet from us.  She was rude enough not to stick around for a picture.  Heard quite a few birds, saw the usual contingent of squirrels, a snake a a bit of bear scat.

From a flora perspective, the Vanilla Leaf was in bloom, saw a number of Trillium, mostly purple but some white, Indian Paintbrush, blooming Salmonberry and a number of other flowers we didn't identify.


The most interesting picture we saw was a mature tree growing from the rotted out stump of a snag.  With this picture, it's not very easy to see, but it was kind of cool. 

Corinne takes pretty good pictures of flowers.  

Tree growing up in a snag

Another Flower

Trillium