There was no warning label nailed to the butt of the bear we saw later.. I should have sued. 

closely control children 

don't fall! 

This is a perfect marshmallow 

water 

the 'side creek' 

I think someone peed here 

Mossy Island  

A trail through the forest 

Eli, Trees 

The crest of the Great Smokeys is above 5000 feet and near 6000 feet in places... around the height of Mt Wilson. 

This could be any road east of the Mississippi River. 

Emo Dylan 

Sedona and Flagstaff from the air... that's San Francisco Peaks in the background. 

There is snow still even on the south side of Mt Baldy 

In honor of a thread on a messageboard and the emo journalcomic guy I decided to chronicle yesterday in web comic form... how exciting! (Don't worry, its a one time event) 

Farwell to Spring. 

big Canyon Live Oaks... but on a ridge, not a canyon. 

the furthest south known population of Oregon Oak. this far south, it's just a shrub. 

wildflowers near Mt McDill