Giant blazing star.

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62308/browse_photos

----->Bill

In the U.S., you can photograph anything you want while you are on public property (such as a highway right-of-way). It's different on private property, and the owner can ban photography on his property. In England, and in other European countries, you must be careful what/who you photograph.

Thanks!

Thank you for the grace and understanding. I definitely did not include the leftovers story when I was giving my daughter the recap of our day. I’m quite sure I won’t tell anyone outside of the Cycle Blaze circle - cyclists are most likely to understand that particular version of hangry.

Eagle eye!

"The leftovers I ate were some sort of salad with raspberries in it, and a slice of steak. I can't believe I did that, and I can't believe I admitted it to you!"

Bike Touring Rules applied here. They are different than the rules of regular life ;)

Front wheel is up- you've got groceries in the panniers, hey?

21 miles up! My legs are tired just reading that. Chapeau!

Mariposa lily

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calochortus_eurycarpus

I know! I thought about you several times.

We were so close, but never saw each other! Thanks for pointing that out.

No special certificate needed. I flew small aircraft like these in my youth and landed on many grass strips. Usually the grass strips are shorter in length than a paved runway, so you DO need a bit of skill and knowledge about density altitude to safely take off. In far western Oklahoma and Texas it used to be common for folks to land on low-traffic highways adjacent to a farmhouse they were visiting as well. And in Alaska in the 1980 time period, well - it was crazy - folks landed on beaches, float planes landed in ponds - homes really were located in the middle of nowhere and you needed an airplane - they also wrecked planes up there as frequently as we have car wrecks in the lower 48. That was another lifetime ago...

Many of us find the same things photogenic; check out this current page from a tour in progress; https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/oceantoocean/day-74-salmon-river-canyon/#54791_5sl7p65s4kj56hcs2yliq7wfc7u

When I drove the school bus, I made some cricket powder brownies. The powder was actually fairly expensive, and the recipe called for only a small amount. A half cup? I got permission from all of the parents but one to give their kids a brownie. It was a fun treat. The kids got plenty of mileage out of the yuck factor.

I don’t even pretend I can climb super steep stuff like you’ve been doing. Hike a bike for me!