Day 205: For the first time in at least a year, I got out and about this morning with my botany partners. It wasn't much of an outing as outings go: just a quick trip up to Longmire to look at the Calypso Orchids and a brief stop to remove illegally-planted materials installed by a repeat offender at a "memorial" site. It was a bit on the nippy side, nighttime temps still hovering close to the freezing mark, but my winter-weary lungs appreciated the bracing mountain air. The Calypsos were less numerous than in years past, although there were some lovely clusters, even some including the white variation. The view of the Mountain from Kautz Creek showed how thin the snowpack has become as glaciers recede and lose mass due to global warming. Snow depth at Paradise is at 129", 81 percent of normal.
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