Ted's Hiking World Woods Lake to Carson Pass Loop
Mokelumne Wilderness

August 4, 2019

A great walk, but we visited only one of my five favorite gardens.  Next time.

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Red Lake Peak, headwaters of the Truckee River

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Elephants Back and Woods Lake

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Black Butte *
Longleaf Hawksbeard

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Near the old Lost Cabin Mine

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Pyramid Peak to the north

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Western Wallflower *
Western Blue Flax

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Davis's Knotweed *
Nevada Lewisia

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Round Top Lake, 9365'

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Blue Bells *
Ragwort & Lupine

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Lunch time

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On the Round Top ascent

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At the summit

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Starting down

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400 feet below

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1,000 feet above

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Ted's Garden #2 is under that snow

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Winnemucca Lake

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Red Mountain Heather *
Wandering Daisy

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Confab

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Rocks 'n Roots

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Spreading Phlox *
Elephants Back

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The Ansel Adams Tree

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Freel Peak in the distance

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At the spring

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Ted's Garden #1 — the big meadow

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Mount Rose Buckwheat *
Sticky Cinquefoil

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Sierra Willow *
Nettleleaf Giant Hyssop

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Indian Paintbrush *
Great Red Paintbrush

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Western Blue Flag Iris *
Monument Plant (a first for me)

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Black Butte and Caples Lake to the west

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Reprise

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Frog Lake

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Slendertube Skyrocket *
Mountain Monardella

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On the Pacific Crest Trail

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Woolly Sunflower *
Sierra Penstemon

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Paul: this is the Circumhorizon Arc that I had mentioned:

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from Hike #19

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