Mineral King on Monday?

Last Friday instead of posting about Mineral King, I posted old pencil drawings of Mineral King. I hope you didn’t feel ripped off. Just in case, here is a report on Labor Day weekend in Mineral King, the official last weekend of summer. (Pay no attention to the little words on the calendar on Sept. 21.)

On Friday evening, we were sitting with friends on their cabin deck and heard a Jeep go by with loud tinny music. The driver shouted in our direction, “[expletive deleted] liberals!”

Excuse me??

The next morning as I walked down the road with 2 friends, we saw this:

A ranger friend described this as “a little road karma”.

Was it the same Jeep? the same driver? Don’t know. He refused an ambulance, so it sounds as if he wasn’t hurt.

We headed up the Nature Trail out of the Cold Springs Campground. Most of the flowers are finished for the year, but there were still plenty of photogenic subjects.

Unknown berries.
Still good water coming down the east fork of the Kaweah River.
Unknown red leaf.
I heard Trail Guy laugh from across the canyon and looked over to see the tow truck.
Classic view of the tiniest tip of Sawtooth from the Nature Trail.
Oh no! More unknown whites!
Oh no! More unknown yellows!

To be continued. . .

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2 Comments

  1. Morning Jana!
    Happy Monday! I think the white flower with the yellow centers are Santa Barbara Daisies. I think, they look like it to me:)

    Hugs
    Melissa

    • Melissa they are similar, but that is an unlikely identification along the Nature Trail. And I have something very funny to tell you, so go check your email!

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