Cold in Mineral King

Sequoia National Park and Mineral King opened last week. It was a very pleasant weekend down the hill, which meant it was very cold in Mineral King. 28 degrees on Sunday morning, and only 42 degrees in the afternoon!

We didn’t hike, only went on a couple of short walks because it was overcast one day, rained the next, and we had numerous projects around the place in addition to spending time with friends and neighbors.

I don’t know this flower. It is very tiny.
This is a different view of the Honeymoon Cabin, which is a museum of the Mineral King Preservation Society.
This sign used to be about 8 feet up in the air. Someone with some common sense moved it to a more visible location.
That same sign as it appeared in 2017.
Languid Ladies are also known as Sierra Bluebells.
I don’t know this tiny flower. Its foliage is different from the other tiny white one above.
Forget-me-nots.
Crystal Creek is very shallow and very very wide.

 Mineral King Wildflowers: Common Names contains the Forget-Me-Nots but neither of the tiny white flowers. 

100 page paperback, flowers in photos, common names only, lots of chatty commentary, $20 including tax.
Available here
Also available at the Three Rivers Historical Museum, Silver City Store, from me if I put them in my car, or Amazon.

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4 Comments

  1. I’m trying to remember where that trail sign is. Not the Nature Trail. Maybe Franklin? Maybe White Chief / Eagle / Mosquito?

    (Only 10 more sleeps!)

    • Sharon, it is just past the pack station when you’ve crossed the Chihuahua drainage.

  2. …. and the photos of the cabin are “in the mail” …..?

    • Char, I try to protect our privacy because this is the WORLD-WIDE web, so no cabin photos. But I will email you some privately if you’d like (although I haven’t taken any this year.)

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