Winter Walkabout

* click on the thumbnails for a larger view.

Just as I was ready to cross the tracks at the north switch at Black Butte a southbound UP freight came by

Lichen on volcanic rocks

You've got to enjoy slogging through manzanita to get to where I am now

The first "plant" of the season

Not a good spot for a picnic (zillions of red-and-black carpenter ants)

Looking toward Black Butte (on the left) and Mt. Eddy (in the clouds)

100 year-old cedar stump

New snow on Black Butte

An afternoon nap seemed appropriate