hiking field trip

[jinian]

The subalpine meadow turned out to be very near Mount Rainier, but not actually on it. (Grand Park via Eleanor Creek, only a little farther than Federation Forest plus a while on FS Road 73.) It was cloudy enough when we arrived, though, that we could see only a hint of how great the view would be on a clear day.

My coup of the day: Adding to the list of plants seen in the area Chimaphila menziesii, this after the instructor had been very thorough in making the list. I did only see the one, and it's partly luck that we stopped where I could get a good look at it, but I remain smug.

My ignominy of the day: A blister on my right heel, which I did not stop to dress before it broke. After applying a sticky bandage for our trip down, I had this foolish idea that the blister would be okay, but no -- the skin tore again above the bandage. So I am missing a raggedy, penny-sized area of skin total. Ow.

Comments

[rubricity.livejournal.com]

You are a plant identifying fiend. I am amazed your cranium has not exploded with the GIANT brain you must have.

[hattifattener]

It has not exploded, but it does sometimes throb alarmingly.

[rubricity.livejournal.com]

Poor genius head. I wish I had the power to make the throbbing stop.

[gregtitus.livejournal.com]

Throbbing craniums reminds me of this poem:

...I won't solve you
and leave you, or brag to the locker room scholars

about how juicy that vein in your forehead gets
when you multiply big numbers.

http://community.livejournal.com/greatpoets/873785.html

[cheesepuppet.livejournal.com]

We were camping near Mt. Rainier this very weekend. I thought I felt a strange urge to start naming plants.....must have been Kylee energy floating my way.....

[jinian.livejournal.com]

Now that is a weird poem. I think I like it, but it is hard to be sure.