Icicle Gorge Trail

Oregon grape

Orb spider feasting upon a mayfly

Tree hugger. Aren't we all? :)

Really big cones

Its me! The lady behind the camera

Alligator lizard

Deer fern

Wild ginger root

Baneberry

Fireweed

Stevens Pass: Bygone Byways

Mountain ash

Thistle + bee

Foam flower

Derek tries shelf mushroom

TM is more animated about it

Devil's club

Everett finds a shelf mushroom that grew through a branch

Long horned beetle

Rattlesnake plantain

Twinflower (my favorite)

Blewett Pass: Discovery Trail

As if the rain on Tuesday wasn't enough, we encountered light SNOW at our site today. We had to create a makeshift classroom due to the cold - a Northwest Nature Writing first.

Our guest speaker: Jan Wallace

Mountain Home Road, Chelan/Douglas Land Trust, Leavenworth

An extremely drizzly day nearly ruined our field work. We made the best of it and traveled back to town for a hot breakfast at Blackbird Bistro.

NWNW2014 Crew

Mountain diamonds in lupin

Throckmorton digging for arrowhead balsam root 

Golden-mounted ground sqirrel

Bike.

Birds on a wire.