valhikes, 12 days ago Day 2 wasn't far, but had excursions to make it longer than the first. Out along Hanson Ridge and up to the fire lookout on Grasshopper Mountain and one that shall simply be known simply as The Excursion. New blog post: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2024/04/grasshopper-hanson-ridge-excursion-and.html #California #HumboldtCounty #HumboldtRedwoodsStatePark #hiking #nature #landscape #travel #hike #outside #backpacking #mountains #peakbagging #peakbagger #loophike #big trees #forest #prairie Yellow faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) and silver bush lupine (Lupinus albifrons). Bright purple pea flowers on stalks with a bee drinking the nectar. The bee is fat and black and fuzzy with yellow head and shoulders and a big blob of orange pollen on the legs. Western fence lizard on a rock. Rock on the left half with a lizard hanging onto the side, the head stretching out away from the rock. Behind on the right is a blur of wildflower in green and yellow and purple. View from Grasshopper Mountain before the fog came in. Grassy prairie drops downward toward trees. A few stick out of the grass too. Lots of hills rolling away, green. Visible fire damage in the form of standing, black trunks.
Day 2 wasn't far, but had excursions to make it longer than the first. Out along Hanson Ridge and up to the fire lookout on Grasshopper Mountain and one that shall simply be known simply as The Excursion.
New blog post: https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2024/04/grasshopper-hanson-ridge-excursion-and.html
#California #HumboldtCounty #HumboldtRedwoodsStatePark #hiking #nature #landscape #travel #hike #outside #backpacking #mountains #peakbagging #peakbagger #loophike #big trees #forest #prairie
Yellow faced bumble bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) and silver bush lupine (Lupinus albifrons). Bright purple pea flowers on stalks with a bee drinking the nectar. The bee is fat and black and fuzzy with yellow head and shoulders and a big blob of orange pollen on the legs. Western fence lizard on a rock. Rock on the left half with a lizard hanging onto the side, the head stretching out away from the rock. Behind on the right is a blur of wildflower in green and yellow and purple. View from Grasshopper Mountain before the fog came in. Grassy prairie drops downward toward trees. A few stick out of the grass too. Lots of hills rolling away, green. Visible fire damage in the form of standing, black trunks.