After I found the bridge I went to Cimarron Grasslands which was filled with flowers, especially blanket flowers. The hiking there is always funny because you lose the trail as often as you find it. I stepped on a cactus and I got a thorn in my toe. The trail I took is about 10 miles long. The only real places to stop are when a service road intersects the trail which happened once (and did not happen as soon as I would have liked after the thorn in my toe). I hardly made a dent in the ten miles-- I took about 2 miles of the trail before turning around and hiking the same two miles back. The weekend I went it was between 75 and 80 degrees. As usual I didn't see a soul. My one regret about these photos is imagining what they would look like with the dawn's light. I'm going to have to wake up earlier someday.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Indian Blanket Flower
After I found the bridge I went to Cimarron Grasslands which was filled with flowers, especially blanket flowers. The hiking there is always funny because you lose the trail as often as you find it. I stepped on a cactus and I got a thorn in my toe. The trail I took is about 10 miles long. The only real places to stop are when a service road intersects the trail which happened once (and did not happen as soon as I would have liked after the thorn in my toe). I hardly made a dent in the ten miles-- I took about 2 miles of the trail before turning around and hiking the same two miles back. The weekend I went it was between 75 and 80 degrees. As usual I didn't see a soul. My one regret about these photos is imagining what they would look like with the dawn's light. I'm going to have to wake up earlier someday.
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3 comments:
I think it is wonderful that you take hikes by yourself. I just hinder myself so much by thinking that I need a partner, so I just don't go. I would like to go exploring with you anytime! Love the "Oklahoma State Flower" shots.
I want to go back there so much...I didn't really know where I was going the first time I went and we didn't really have time to hike.
this was kind of a whiny hike. I would have annoyed anyone who might have come with me. it may have been better with someone with a strong ability to counter-attack the whining.
hiking with a big group of people that day would have been miserable.
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