![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqNGoueus3th6rpXoVvEHnGuq5BCM63R5i5XKd8jeTCMF1x94-r9K9l248mMlzKuk2ucDh4KT1MCzwEduw1SyrN3VASKkXkMDJrth4jl-3bZKn52wjXzd__lrd0zJbEue535EAfA/s320/DSC06594.jpg)
...we were up early the next day for a trip to the forest...and
Pink Beds...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbsU3G3Vby4zF-qb3hKY0qf0LU6tlDeWlEV6K_LXapUM-7HgW9hE0_LBIRCnjmxcNFCpslwsRCfmFe1ol1m76wGyDrPljmK1KkZZfHPQU8fJfJBa4CrWaDfR8SySUEOadgaoxUg/s320/DSC06571.jpg)
...there was another family picnic...
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...then we headed up the trail...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-q2SgkUdlRD0J1pNF2TExvXGnsFtaz80K4zvtUgIPoYJ6-3SOhYIIXM3X7ewxbtYWKvMwsXWUd-x7Kgbi3fxeJ3rT8DNsPfjwdRL56qlIfRazYFo-mkZiiGYIBkAa_y842uXa3Q/s320/DSC06572.jpg)
...the blackberries were blooming...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_q190-Ya6raNAJ8soOP-rYphek49EilvO5kZ4IbgresS28z3Z_detbsv-gVmqUIqetiixtV_A3xxgSZcp6oLwP4Upj9pqjMIVajWd2c6wUSHQkv2d-U5B9RWNs4a7TZn7qhZLA/s320/DSC06580.jpg)
...we crossed a little creek...and Scout said that it reminded him of the creek that we crossed and recrossed several times in the
Grand Canyon...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibiDlfWyswUa3QMIAL5dItLFHnsbYvOpuif0nBBA4NDYH6z5aUDox5l_1V2IKpvW5QGVXwSw6OYb3WM0w-Znwn5TRnhj6au5JEaYXrwEf8KCdkFKNJ6KXpIBSmoO5_PcEbsKYCPA/s320/DSC06582.jpg)
...and some pictures of why Pink Beds is called
Pink...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxDe6yBkbEpXLpIB_icC7IQgtpm8ywMNbLi1bxd0nDtHVC12wlC36PXrZu6-1gHThHA6rkgBu6z9OUSLEQPcwtXWOyGTPzOhUDNmLJ1g1NkiGQtG1AJ95Ba-u5FX3cApXInp3XQ/s320/DSC06583.jpg)
...the
mountain laurel blooms this time of year...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLj8wj3caTlNpZDNlBW3Vx14R310T6wbc7-RBthJQS8xIgEO-moVND4kwFVKvCXb8DGOR_jhNLXfcR9kffXy9eTeQ86eIJ3BKSxtSprWrWq_bu18l2Hp2AHXUbqMF5FK_cVprRQQ/s320/DSC06584.jpg)
...we're still a little bit early for the full effect...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMo-3ubiXBIwnFB7PcoRnlB2PKqREXHXxPs0h3MsMezltbsIZqhnCe-fGpx98i1f9SvkmIo7MRfyWeXW-EHI_b2wwNPcMatUtgtyI5T93tAnBylBAOxUaudKJdkgPxxyio3cRIDw/s320/DSC06586.jpg)
...the largest
trillium I've ever seen...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuTLyqbv3XpbF9j95yoVPDAVQleubBfAzbvTUL0WixjPIm-c0WIyDdn6HZ5XRMcaSX_imqT_n4alUuTgK4cBHUD3wSB3PTEjVo5P_NYoRse6ifHKS7mykNR_gw8Py71CjhTPO8wA/s320/DSC06587.jpg)
...more pretty mountain laurel...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOnJ6H114Kq31u4CEAkc61ZH5iEpMpiDQLLlGNJ__1M4WEM_4zIB3kLqqao3i2Ed5nRNMVz0HFNzEe0sCApc4GXDejrbrdvgXuBkI26xr8uIp9_ICJryXFbVoaeJ58uZ5mmabPAQ/s320/DSC06588.jpg)
...a lot of the locals call mountain laurel 'Ivy'...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCEQBsh-kyTR4JCxhnxIW242Q89IR9YKiIf_1mPXaDOIlztSNWShM5TnDB2wdVK-FKEFErYPVGxEO07jMwLpXaA8E2zjJWzOCWNqQ78hTkpczpt9YwvdWAKVP-OXYQV0e0yOxCA/s320/DSC06591.jpg)
...and some pretty
blue eyed grass...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbR4zbap4B8u4m_3YAkswR0dPiUnoPF9iHIwugw-uUmodNgUP95nQyxVcb7dndqs_oetfgkl3HWDDtFs6XwNqYmgCClfZzicuvr_nD29nq6eRAgZOf9bLiOWEFSCTgMstphuqeIw/s320/DSC06592.jpg)
...it's in the lily family...so pretty...
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv80THkRptkHvpSY3y5lZunfwKfpY_sHcbhQ10mnbfuB5T86ErvBedD-SwhB_fqrbQAWA_4RHN4NY27XTIIYVsTXlYwtjys54EwfkMrFMz_kslfN-1sxe3YZvCHn15BMbazllUCg/s320/DSC06609.jpg)
...and a tulip poplar...
...We had a lovely day and I hope you do too!
beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteI think this pretty shrub is grown here, brought from America.
ReplyDeleteHaving a wonderful time.