Road Walk before the Gate Opens

Trillium

My last chance this year to get in a hike behind a  gate.  I used to look forward to the gates opening, now I think I look forward to the gates closing.  When the gates are open it just means I have to drive further to get to the start of my hike.

Bleeding hearts

I've hiked this road and drove this road plenty of times and I had never noticed this before.  It really does pay to go about half a mile into the woods, you never know what you might find.

I could not believe my eyes.  It was clearly a car from the 1950's.  Wow!  How come I never saw this before?   I half expected to find a skeleton in this car.  How did this car crash land here?  What happened to the occupants?

1956 Oldsmobile Super 88

I stopped to take pictures, but of course is started raining.  This climate is driving my crazy, literally, no not figuratively literally.  I'm sick of  illiterate people overusing the word literally.

I was hoping to find some Verpas on my hike but no luck.

Violets are yellow too

9.5 miles with 5,000 feet elevation gain

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