Spring had sprung, with a fair amount of moisture this year, and this was my first time out in a while, with the camera, the Ram, the boyz, out in the sun, having fun... So there will be a lot of flower pictures on this Rave, including some of this, Yelloweye Cryptantha, Cryptantha flavoculata.

The always-colorful Eric Godfrey with an exciting Del Monte breakfast treat!

This is one of those "SECRET" canyons, so I won't tell you where it is, other than 'Escalante'. Ram had visited it a while ago with Steve Allen, who had mentioned some bolts next to a Ponderosa that were kinda lookin to be removed. Thus, the project. The gang for this trip: Stefanos the Wandering Utahn, Eric G., Doc Science, The Desert Nomad Bill Westerhoff, Big Ram, Strong and Handsome Ram, and the always waving Mr. Brejcha-your-face.

We wandered off across the slickrock. It was kinda hot, for a change. There were very annoying gnats.

Desert pepperweed - Lepidium fremontii (man, that Fremont guy got around!)

Here's that Yelloweye Cryptantha with the flowers a little better formed.

This was kind of an odd day, as Ram had not really entirely mapped it out, but was working from visual memory, having been there once, a year prior. Odd for us, not having Ram knowing EXACTLY where we were going. Navigation break. Interesting terrain!

Slickrock Paintbrush - Castilleja scabrida

Wallflower - Erysimum capitatum

Some kinda white Cryptantha...