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A nice hike up Black Mountain on Saturday, between a rainy Friday and a rainy Sunday, with the foothill wildflowers putting on a show for us.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98593-1610f621570a4f0d661a606d45e4735f.jpg)
Katie on the trail
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98594-66ee5ab155a668939ed699a1a978afad.jpg)
Dyer's Woad
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98595-0e9390e92e1b8f2a2435a9212a781a71.jpg)
Milk Vetch
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98596-c257f652f90c5eb62bf77028758b71d9.jpg)
Dalmatian Toadflax
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98597-23c59066e96eb8eaf729040f49f662d2.jpg)
More vetch
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98598-ae2e2d3cff94f50ddf250befaa4b61f6.jpg)
Hawksbeard
![06b.jpg 06b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98599-9a8c0574aa2369e987151e73acdcb51b.jpg)
@Rockskipper, I think I got this right this time - a stink beetle![Thumbs Up :thumbsup: :thumbsup:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![Thumbs Up :thumbsup: :thumbsup:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98600-5b914d0fdec2239e3995edf0337f5477.jpg)
Common Yarrow
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98601-9fc7bac679a4c7601dcde0dea6fefae2.jpg)
Death Camas
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98602-d760ca530f8817728adb8536dbdaf079.jpg)
Hillside full of balsamroot
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98603-318481c7286954068b0ac1b374b8917c.jpg)
Lewis Flax
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98604-b2fcd05260fd8444197377a5804d50fa.jpg)
Mule's Ears, just beginning to bloom in the upper foothills
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98605-e7e4e149c42ff1d9d1dc7a97ad455322.jpg)
Arrowleafed Balsamroot - the dominant wildflower in the foothills, though in the lower elevations, they are starting to dry up a bit.
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98606-65b9bbfd7b497d84f260254b5c8cc915.jpg)
Ball-head Waterleaf
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98607-10afef59171e5b34f56ef90e0b985be1.jpg)
(L-R) Burro Peak, Grandview Peak, Black Mountain Ridge
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98608-783732575e486715280b996d83c9bd2f.jpg)
Desert Paintbrush
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98609-741a247e1cf1c45c80520d63149bc80f.jpg)
Larkspur
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98610-b2fa5b8c98d4d9977453860f17d95023.jpg)
Antelope Brush, Sage and Arrowleafed Balsamroot
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98611-36998cf2d7d551044ea320158f3056f1.jpg)
Service Berry
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98612-ad7a9721e3f5a67a06ef1f69c577f350.jpg)
Horned Lizard
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98613-cd236272a0a307db643b0a9e9279877a.jpg)
Sniff, sniff![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98614-995c8eb601139da562ef698f089c447d.jpg)
Bastard (no not me) Toadflax
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98615-b27f6cbfbe68c6f316080ae9f95f4191.jpg)
Lookout Peak, viewed from the Black Mountain Ridge
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98616-3eb767c458123501af5ce34b23bca06d.jpg)
Glacier Lilies
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98617-4b97cdbefd23bc542157ce14def1fe07.jpg)
The Dude Benchmark, with the dried up Salt Lake beyond
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98618-f3d7f8e3cbee210e16fd09176b361f3a.jpg)
Groundsel
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98619-bfd816ab48a90f399331150a46fb83de.jpg)
Anyone know this shrub? @Outdoor_Fool ? Is it manzanita?
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98620-46d2d564a1e2c54cc57eeaab63956544.jpg)
Swallowtail on the ridge
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98621-cad2da938b182050eba80ed1d005eeb3.jpg)
Phlox
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98622-a1c2e9aae3b936773ef7eeadd7e6cf32.jpg)
More Balsamroot
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98623-4f2c58dbe65968d3aa95a69c2b4784ee.jpg)
Homeward bound.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98593-1610f621570a4f0d661a606d45e4735f.jpg)
Katie on the trail
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98594-66ee5ab155a668939ed699a1a978afad.jpg)
Dyer's Woad
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98595-0e9390e92e1b8f2a2435a9212a781a71.jpg)
Milk Vetch
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98596-c257f652f90c5eb62bf77028758b71d9.jpg)
Dalmatian Toadflax
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98597-23c59066e96eb8eaf729040f49f662d2.jpg)
More vetch
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98598-ae2e2d3cff94f50ddf250befaa4b61f6.jpg)
Hawksbeard
![06b.jpg 06b.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98599-9a8c0574aa2369e987151e73acdcb51b.jpg)
@Rockskipper, I think I got this right this time - a stink beetle
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98600-5b914d0fdec2239e3995edf0337f5477.jpg)
Common Yarrow
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98601-9fc7bac679a4c7601dcde0dea6fefae2.jpg)
Death Camas
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98602-d760ca530f8817728adb8536dbdaf079.jpg)
Hillside full of balsamroot
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98603-318481c7286954068b0ac1b374b8917c.jpg)
Lewis Flax
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98604-b2fcd05260fd8444197377a5804d50fa.jpg)
Mule's Ears, just beginning to bloom in the upper foothills
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98605-e7e4e149c42ff1d9d1dc7a97ad455322.jpg)
Arrowleafed Balsamroot - the dominant wildflower in the foothills, though in the lower elevations, they are starting to dry up a bit.
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98606-65b9bbfd7b497d84f260254b5c8cc915.jpg)
Ball-head Waterleaf
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98607-10afef59171e5b34f56ef90e0b985be1.jpg)
(L-R) Burro Peak, Grandview Peak, Black Mountain Ridge
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98608-783732575e486715280b996d83c9bd2f.jpg)
Desert Paintbrush
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98609-741a247e1cf1c45c80520d63149bc80f.jpg)
Larkspur
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98610-b2fa5b8c98d4d9977453860f17d95023.jpg)
Antelope Brush, Sage and Arrowleafed Balsamroot
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98611-36998cf2d7d551044ea320158f3056f1.jpg)
Service Berry
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98612-ad7a9721e3f5a67a06ef1f69c577f350.jpg)
Horned Lizard
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98613-cd236272a0a307db643b0a9e9279877a.jpg)
Sniff, sniff
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98614-995c8eb601139da562ef698f089c447d.jpg)
Bastard (no not me) Toadflax
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98615-b27f6cbfbe68c6f316080ae9f95f4191.jpg)
Lookout Peak, viewed from the Black Mountain Ridge
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98616-3eb767c458123501af5ce34b23bca06d.jpg)
Glacier Lilies
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98617-4b97cdbefd23bc542157ce14def1fe07.jpg)
The Dude Benchmark, with the dried up Salt Lake beyond
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98618-f3d7f8e3cbee210e16fd09176b361f3a.jpg)
Groundsel
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98619-bfd816ab48a90f399331150a46fb83de.jpg)
Anyone know this shrub? @Outdoor_Fool ? Is it manzanita?
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98620-46d2d564a1e2c54cc57eeaab63956544.jpg)
Swallowtail on the ridge
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98621-cad2da938b182050eba80ed1d005eeb3.jpg)
Phlox
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98622-a1c2e9aae3b936773ef7eeadd7e6cf32.jpg)
More Balsamroot
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/98/98623-4f2c58dbe65968d3aa95a69c2b4784ee.jpg)
Homeward bound.