A Trip to Eastern Washington

One a recent trip to Spokane we made several stops in eastern Washington for photos, though one of our stops, a planned hike was cut short by a phone call about a sick friend.  Many of the photos are my wife's and they were taken across eastern Washington from the Cascades to Spokane.

Chiwaukum Creek

dawn

Hooker's Fairy Bells

lichens

Large False Solomon's Seal

Red-banded Polypore

Western Fairy Slipper

Bobcat

(this was the only photo my wife was able to get)

the creek

Near Plain

Balsamroot and Lupine

Western Spotted Coralroot

Devil's Gulch

the trail and the scenery

Lupine

Along the Columbia

near Rockport

the river

Near Medical Lake

fields

Lupine

Missouri Iris

Phlox and Ponderosa

Ponderosa cones

Large-flowered Brodiaea

 Douglas's Onion

 swamp

North Cascades

Diablo Lake Overlook

Medical Lake, Washington

 We were in Medical Lake, Washington, on the 9th of June to see our handicapped son and while there went for a ride in the evening in the countryside.  We saw a lot of wildflowers and birds and watched the sun go down before heading back to bring him to the place where he stays.  These are some of the pictures we took.

Sticky Geranium (Geranium viscosissimum)

Missouri Iris (Iris missouriensis)

Thompson's Paintbrush (Castilleja thompsonii)

Douglas' Onion (Allium douglasii)

I followed this butterfly and others around trying to get photos and finally managed these.  The butterfly, however, I have been unable to identify.  The birds, California Quail, and both the Eastern and Western Kingbirds were easier and we watched the Kingbirds darting from the fences for insects.

Eastern Kingbird

California Quail

Western Kingbird