forest Flowers and Buck Big Red

I have been asked where the forest flowers are in my photos tht I have posted lately since most have been of the river & creek while rising and waterfalls around here. These are a few of the flowers we have seen while out on our morning hikes, the top flower I'm not sure what it is called i believe it is a bulb plant with a pretty yellow flower that hangs upside down, it found in various areas aound here.
The next photo is of Trillium which are some of the first flowers we see here they love acidic soil for sure and pop up quite quickly after the snow melts, likes shady areas mainly it seems to me and grows all over the flrest floor.

As they get older more mature they turn to the purple color which gets quite deep purple which you see in the next photo.


In the bottom photo is some of the many deer that show up during the day to take their turn at the salt block I put out about 10 days ago and it will be gone in another 3-4 days. It's hard to tell from this shot but the deer in front is a year round resident buck i call Big Red and he already has antlers double the length of his ears and both sides are already forked and the left side rear is starting to split to fork again and it is just June 3. Each year he is a wonderful looking big massive buck with very wide 4x4 and he is extremely wiley and out smarts the hunters each year. He stays here during the winter and never migrates out towards Fish Lake like many of the the deer do.

We actually drive the truck in to Trinity yesterday it's still muddy in a few places but drying nicely aith a couple of snow spots left, it's nice to have y truck home from the garage after 6 months makes going & coming a little easier now.
We found our Paradise, hope you find your's too. Peace

First Visitors to Drive into Trinity

Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day with a nice breeze and good friends. After going for our morning hike and checking the flow of the river and creeks we got home and had an email from friends telling me they were going to come up and hike in to visit. When we came home on Thur we parked down at Little Giant TH and the barricade was put up due to a couple of snowdrifts still lingering and some very soft muddy spots in the road to give it a chance to dry out. Jeff had helped me move vehicles on Thur and knew where we parked which is 4 miles away and they planned to park there and hike in, but instead they figured to see just how far they could drive, well they drove all the way in without tearing up the road and showed up at the gate, very cool.
Jill decided she wanted to not only be the first to drive in to Trinity but the first into the pond which is normally 42-48 degrees in the summer but due to all of the melting snow and shallower water in the pond it was a little warmer. Jill gets the award for not only being the first into the pond this year but she went in twice so I could film it also, she's such a trooper, while Jeff, Johnny & I watched. We had such a great day just having them visit and showing them around and showing them all of the water flows happening right now due to the much warmer temps we have been having. While we were walking around with all of the dogs chasing critters we heard another dogs bark and as were walking to the spillway from the tailrace to show them how it was flowing over we ran into a couple of hikers with their dog, they had come to the same place and found out they could not get past it due to the water flow being rather high. I let them go around and up the road to the trail simply because they had stayed on the trail and didn't just go on their own, they respected private property.
While were out looking around I showed them where the deer had been tearing up the salt block that I just put out last week that was almost 50% gone. Every morning more and more deer show up to enjoy the minerals and socialize or fight whichever you want to call it. Lots of very healthy doe and some really nice bucks already with antlers taller than their ears and forked. The old trailer we are sitting on is from when the mine was running and the sawmill was in full production, we made some guesses of what it was for but aren't really sure, notice the wood spoked wheels they are in great shape for being over 90 years old and buried under lots of snow each winter. We figured it was for hauling logs because of the many leaf springs under it for large loads. Top photo is of Jeff, Johnny & I.
Bottom photo is Jill, Johnny & me with a better view of the powerhouse in background. This is the beginning of the camping and hiking season now that the gates are open with just a barricade up for a few more days anyway.
We found our Paradise, hope you find yours too. Peace