Almost every day is a hiking day and the locations change each time.     Some are in the forests on the Interior Plateau, some are in the grasslands, some at higher elevations, and some in the valleys.    The lower areas show signs of prolonged drought.    Middle-elevation areas vary according to aspect, and higher locations are forested up to subalpine zones and may retain moisture longer.   As I hike on trails and routes, I bring my camera each day and photograph whatever catches my eye.    Many photos are not kept and some are not shared.     A few were selected to share in this post as a Google Photos slideshow:

• Link to the Google Photos album.  
• Scientific names for many of these can be found on this page.  
• Comments about specific species IDs are welcomed.
• Old man’s whiskers (Geum) on this website
• Red Osier Dogwood on this website.