I drove from Pinantan Lake up to Hyas Lake and paddled the lake on a hot day.   On the way back down, I made a couple of stops to observe wildflowers.

Orange hawkweed (hieracium aurantiacum) multiplies rapidly in disturbed areas, but in small groups, the orange is a striking color.

At 1200+m , there were some bog orchids in bloom in wet drainage areas.

Black twinberry shrubs (lonicera involucrata) were fruiting in wet areas at higher elevations.   Bears and other animals eat the berries in late summer.

Bird’s-foot trefoil (lotus corniculatus) grew along the side of the road.   We have spotted this perennial herb in the Shuswap to the east of Kamloops.

Fireweed was just staring to flower in open meadows and in clearings at mid-elevations.

As I descended to lower elevations, the terrain became more open and drier.    Flowers were less frequent and seeds were forming on many plants.