Lost Coast: plants and landscapes

Trail of goldfields

I don't know this mustard... my best guess is some 

species of wallflower (Erysimum)

paintbrush and poppies

Horestail and a foul-smelling mint

Cream cups and lupine

Sedum sp.

(probably)

Platystemon californicus

(California cream cups)

Calystegia sp.

(I assume)

Sedum sp.

(I think)

Impassable at high tide

Iris

Abronia latifolia

(coastal sand verbena)

Textures and critters, Lost Coast (May '10)

Well, that's more or less the contents here...

The Lost Coast is very windy

wacky conglomerate

I love driftwood....

I tried taking some pictures of the ocean through

my polarized sunglasses because the many shades of 

blue were fantastic... the results, not so much

Sponge? Coral? Something?

Sea urchin... I'll be spending a lot more time

trying to perfect this photo

I think this quail did have a full complement of legs

maybe he's grooming his feathery butt

Wild turkey being chased by a blackbird

(evidence of) black bears on the beach!

Artistic seaweed arrangement

Maybe I'll get around to editing the rest of my photos from my May Lost Coast trip soon...

A few from January

moribund cactus

house finch?

Trinity Alps...

... or I ♥ Beargrass.

Hallelujah! Aside from a few odd photos I'm going to fiddle with at my leisure, I'm done editing the pictures from my last adventure.  After a breather, maybe I'll tackle some more of the enormous backlog.

Trinity River, I think. Or maybe Coffee Creek.

Xerophyllum tenax

(beargrass)

Mugshots of a Viola

Two spots on Bear Creek

The headwall at Big Bear Lake... I made it about as

far as the end moraine... there was too much snow

to make the effort worth it

Sarcodes sanguinea

(snow plant)

No clue.

Cultural detritus

Bobbie + Dwayne 1965

Probably not true

The name of this establisment evokes 

unfortunate imagery

Antler barn

Antler gate

Another roadside attraction...

Some background on the Legend... 

also... 

more info