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Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: jackelope on May 26, 2008, 09:33:32 PM

Title: spring in the blues II
Post by: jackelope on May 26, 2008, 09:33:32 PM: i think i already had posted some spring in the blues pics....but i have a few more. we were over there this weekend and i managed to escape the family for a couple hours for a 2-3 mile hike. i didn't find any bears or sign for rhinoron, but i saw some beautiful scenery i just don't get to see in western washington.
from the road...
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some nubbins....
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these deer looked pretty healthy and were pretty close to snow line...
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Title: Re: spring in the blues II
Post by: jackelope on May 26, 2008, 09:36:52 PM: glassing...

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Title: Re: spring in the blues II
Post by: boneaddict on May 26, 2008, 09:52:26 PM: Looks like spring has finally sprung down there. Expected to see a big blackie in one of those pics.
Are you enjoying the macro mode on that camera.
Title: Re: spring in the blues II
Post by: Ray on May 26, 2008, 09:57:06 PM: Looks like a place I should visit.
Title: Re: spring in the blues II
Post by: Ridgerunner on May 26, 2008, 10:22:53 PM: Great shots, I think that is one of my favorite places in the state, I love the blues.
Title: Re: spring in the blues II
Post by: jackelope on May 26, 2008, 10:31:45 PM: the woods are greening up real nice this year and it is really nicely cleaned up since the big fire. i am looking forward to hunting there this year. i have a few hikes lined up for july when i go back. there was a bunch of roads that you can't really see too well in those pic's so i think i'll be looking for a different spot to deer hunt.
Title: Re: spring in the blues II
Post by: MHWASH on May 27, 2008, 07:45:03 AM: Nice pics. I sure love that place. How far up the Mountain road were you able to get?
Title: Re: spring in the blues II
Post by: chukar-ridge-quest on May 27, 2008, 07:43:08 PM: What kind of Lupine is in the 6th pic. Is it just a different color phase of (lepidus) ?
Title: Re: spring in the blues II
Post by: jackelope on May 27, 2008, 08:59:12 PM: Quote from: MHWASH on May 27, 2008, 07:45:03 AM
Nice pics. I sure love that place. How far up the Mountain road were you able to get?

last weekend you could drive almost all the way to the guard station in a jeep in 4x4 according to my uncle and his jeep liberty, but they turned around just short of there as it was a car full of older folks out for a ride and not wanting to get stuck. this weekend i was in a rental minivan and stopped and turned around just inside the forest boundary. from iron springs you can get as far as big spring campground last weekend. i am guessing that you could probably drive on the 40 road now all the way around to big spring and out iron spring, although i didn't try it.
Title: Re: spring in the blues II
Post by: MHWASH on May 27, 2008, 09:14:22 PM: Thats farther than I figured. I was up there a few years ago just before Memorial Day, after a "normal" winter, and could not get past the sharp corner just after Stentz Springs.
Title: Re: spring in the blues II
Post by: jackelope on May 27, 2008, 09:16:20 PM: Quote from: chukar-ridge-quest on May 27, 2008, 07:43:08 PM
What kind of Lupine is in the 6th pic. Is it just a different color phase of (lepidus) ?

i have no idea.
sorry...
Title: Re: spring in the blues II
Post by: Jackjr on May 29, 2008, 08:51:31 PM: Looks like some nice country.