I’ve wanted to hike Shirley Canyon for a long time, but my hiking companion and I never got around to it until this year. It is a hard hike, with a lot of elevation change, and I actually thought that I was...
Upper Gardner Meadow is a great high-Sierra trail near Ebbetts Pass that offers a great variety of native wildflowers in the mid to late summer. Since it is so remote, there aren’t very many non-native plants out...
Abbotts Lagoon is a wonderful wildflower area that is a part of the Point Reyes National Seashore. This visit was in mid August, and the quantity and variety of wildflowers in bloom was amazing. It is a great time to...
The Martis Creek Wildlife Area has a surprising variety of native wildflowers early in the season. This is an easy trail near the Truckee airport. When you look out over the area you think it is just dry sagebrush...
