Wanderlust

I spent the weekend on hiatus at wanderlust, a music and yoga festival up in Squaw.  I volunteered and worked all day on friday and a half day on saturday.  I had a great time and spent friday up at high camp at the top of the cable car on the tippy top of squaw mountain checking people in for their yoga classes.  I had sunday off for yoga etc, but I was so very tired from the other two nights of music that I left a bit early and took a nap.  Sorry for missing a few days, but in return for your patience, you get the view from the top of Squaw:

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I MISSED ANOTHER DAY!

So sorry i forgot another day, but i posted like a billion the day before (i exaggerated only slightly there) and todays makes up for it, because while it isn't a wonderful picture, its awesome in that its a bear.  thats right, i hung out with a bear at work today.  He wandered toward us for a minute, then off the other way.  Here he is, leaving us be:

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working hard..

I hug trees.  Especially 100 year old incense cedars.

I found this guy today...its a Misumena Vatia I think; they can change colors to light yellow and dark yellow depending on the surface they're on.  This guy was on a Tiger Lilly, so he was bright!

Wildflowers!  I can't identify these, but they're perrty!  

A beautiful doe stopped by to say hello too!

This is my job.  I walk around in the woods and make sure streams are healthy.  Then I try to ID flowers and bugs for fun!  

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full moon

howl on.

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Aloha!

Today we hiked from Echo Summit trailhead to Lake Aloha in the Desolation Wilderness and back, around trip total of about 10 miles.  Aloha is beautiful and I recommend the hike to anyone; coming in from this trailhead is not only beautiful but also less strenuous then the Glen Alpine trailhead and MUCH more beautiful, skirting Upper and Lower Echo lakes for the first 3 or so miles.  We did hit some bits of rain and passing thunderstorms on the way out as well as the way out, but magically, the sky cleared up when we got to the lake and the sun shined for our fabulous swim in those blue waters.  The best part: swimming in Aloha, for sure.  The worst part: the aptly named "mosquito valley," a shaded and moist area where you will be snacked upon by dozens of mosquitoes!

Looking back at Upper and Lower Echo Lakes

The beautiful Lake Aloha, yes there is still snow at this elevation, no it did not keep us from swimming.

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ponies

when walking the dogs this evening we found these beautiful ponies out in the meadow.  This is my super grainy. super high ISO attempt at getting a shot of them under the (almost) full moon.

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TOMATOES!

After months of nurturing and loving and watering my little tomato babies....finally i have some little green tomato babies!  Annnnddd here they are!

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