Thursday, August 28, 2008

Birthday Backpacking










                     
 















Crater Lake




This hike allowed us through open meadows, sparse forested vistas, magical woodlands, ponds, 13,000 ft. mountains and more than 5 varieties of mushrooms! We camped at the first lake pictured with the rocky peaks & early morning fog. The second lake we stayed at the night before.  




















Wood Decomposers! The third mushroom is Auricularia Auricula. What's known as a jelly fungi Auricula is the only jelly fungi edible in North America, we declined this time! 

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