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Saturday, July 14, 2012, my wife June and I headed up the Bald Land trail to begin a 15 mile half trail / half bushwhack hike to a few bushwhack peaks. From the Bald Land trail exit on East Branch Road (I wish this road had been open. It would have saved us some miles) we did the short walk...

They are not rare but they are only found in alpine ravines. A nice flower, indeed.

We (John & June) recently did a hike up to Tuckerman Ravine just to look for flowers. No peakbagging allowed. Even though the summit of Washington is right there. Still, no peakbagging allowed. We went with our friends and fellow VFTT'ers (at least one of them is anyway) Audrey, Pat and...

Some more... Orange Hawkweed. Buttercup. Not flowers but still beautiful: Cedar Waxwings. Daisy. Labrador Tea. Our first Wood Sorel of the year. Our first Twinflower of the year. Another Calla Lily. Blue Damselfly. Rhodora. Fertile frond of a Cinnamon Fern.

Some alpine plants... Dwarf Cinquefoil. Lapland Rosebay. Diapensia. Dwarf Birch with catkin. Alpine Azalea.

I'm thinking Mountain Fly Honeysuckle.

A couple more. Fringed Polygala. Starflower.

A handful more... Toothwort. Jack-in-the-Pulpit. Northern White Violet. Lungwort Lichen. Green Frog. Eastern Garter snake tasting to see what I was. A Spring rainbow over North and Middle Sugarloaf.

Supermoons always seem bigger in Twin Mountain. :D

Some more... Bloodroot from a favorite patch. Where Bloodroot gets it's name. Dwarf Ginseng. Blue Cohosh. Leeks. Also known as Ramps. The leaves and bulbs are quite edible and taste like onions. Leek bulbs. Seeds/berries from last season's Leeks. Trout Lily growing in moss...

That was me, Roy, that passed you mid-morning or so, the John half. If I had known it was you, I would have stopped and chatted. Yes, I did get down before any rain. Lots of nice flowers yesterday. They were closed up tight on our way in but many were open on our way out. A bit breezy and...

Along the Mt. Garfield trail... Trout Lily close-up. My first Painted Trillium of 2012. Wild Oat. Canada Mayflower. Really nice coloring on these Spring Beauties.

Another day of exploration with many new finds... Hobblebush. Foamflower. Squirrel Corn. Dutchman's Breeches with leaves. Squirrel Corn with leaves. Squirrel Corn with raindrops. Striped Maple. Orange Peel. Honeysuckle. Thistle covered with this morning's rain.

Here are a few more from north of the notches. Some are not quite blooming yet and others aren't flowers, but what the heck. :D Dutchman's Breeches. Dutchman's Breeches again. Blue Cohosh. Spring Beauty. Red-berried Elder. Toothwort. Red Trillium. Bugs on a new fern. Wood Frog.

On April 15, 2012, Charlie and Nancy Foote completed their Grid (48x12) on the summit of Mt. Pierce. It was a beautiful day and we hung out on the summit for an hour. We then headed back to our parked cars at the Highland Center and enjoyed "grid dogs" once again. Congratulations Charlie...

Today we were exploring some historical sites from days of yore when our little group decided to stop for lunch at the wildlife pond along Zealand Rd. It's a good thing we did. We saw an incredibly rare sight today. These rare Pink Peeps migrate through the Whites about this time of year...

Hi All, I had a conversation with Keith D. (4K club keeper of the NEHH info) just minutes ago and he asked me to post something about this issue for him. As most of us probably know, Gene D. used to update the NE100 info and also respond to requests for this info. There was sometimes an issue...

Loved the shots of the bacon and eggs. You now have me drooling. :) Oh yeah, the other shots were nice too! :D

North of the Snow Free Notches Not blooming yet but Trout Lily leaves are coming out. This was in Randolph. A field of feral Snowdrops also in Randolph. Coltsfoot in Twin Mountain.

Mike- It was also great to see you on our annual, unplanned, winter hike rendezvous! Already looking forward to next year's rendezvous! :D John & June