Flowers

There's gold in them thar' hills...
A telephoto shot of the poppy bloom near Bartlett Lake.
Cut-leaved Coneflowers
These flowers along the East Fork of the Black River were in their peak in September.

Ides of March Poppies
A hillside flows yellow on an auspicious day in March.
Wild Oregano
Monarda, also known as Bee Balm, was just outside my camp on the last day of the second trip. It was the best campsite of all I had sampled there. The largest by far, it also had been the site of recent bear activity. We saw no bear, thankfully. I had the dogs on their leashes the entire time.