After paddling Paska Lake, I took a short nature walk in the open forest at 1450 m.   There were many jacob’s ladder in bloom on the gravelly soils in open areas, but I also spotted lupines, paintbrush, shrubby penstemon, cutleaf anemone, and small-flowered penstemon.    The first yellow water lilies were starting to bloom in the shallows around the lake.

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shrubby penstemon (Penstemon fruticosus)

paintbrush (Castilleja sp.)

lupine (Lupinus sp.)

cutleaf anomone (Anemone multifida)

showy jacob's ladder (Polemonium pulchrrimum)

small-flowered penstemon (Penstemon procerus)

yellow water lily (Nuphar polysepanum sp)

Three of these are among my favorites.   Can you guess which ones?